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Well you'd be adding a charge and hopefully mitigating the addiction, which is a rational tradeoff. And this is assuming this person doesn't already have a record.

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I personally would prefer to do 6+ more jail and not have a record. Having a record punishes unnecessarily by destroying a persons future.

> Having a record punishes unnecessarily by destroying a persons future.

As opposed to doing drugs in a public park?

You’re right, we really should throw the baby out with the bath water.

Edit: 6 *months more in jail, in above post

Except I believe the person is better off with a record than continuing to do meth. You'd turn your back as the baby drowns in the tub. You might even open the faucet before doing so.

Weird strawman but okay.

No, you just can't follow the argument, but that's ok. At least you learned that your brand of sarcasm doesn't actually make you sound smarter.

I don’t recall ever letting a baby drown as part of an argument. You strawmanned.

My bad.

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