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Tell this to the addicts who live on my sidewalk. Many of them got started on pain killers, and now they're permanently bent over in the fentanyl flop; I'd be astounded if any of them ever get better.

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Worik's argument appears to be, if people had an unlimited supply of drugs, things would be better than a limited supply. It sounds a lot like the perspective of someone who has never listened to a recovering addict.

> sounds a lot like the perspective of someone who has never listened to a recovering addict.

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I came of age in a culture awash with herion

I have first hand knowledge of the harms done to drug addicts by criminalising them

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