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Originally posted by barry2952
Is a drug user committing the same criminal act as a drug pusher?....[/URL]
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I think so. the difference is just a matter of degree. a person that steals a car stereo...or even a candy bar is stealing....just like the person who robs a bank. All are doing the same thing.
Maybe a better question along the same line is: Should the looters in New Orleans have been shot? What about in Toledo yesterday?..or after Baghdad fell? Does lack of response cause more criminal activity...be it drug use or ??? Do criminals, whether they are thieves or looters become emboldened by getting away with the minor crimes and going on to the larger ones? . and would dealing sternly with drug users (or looters) set enough of an example that it would cause deterrence?
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