On Thursday, May 13, 2021 at 3:44:12 PM UTC-4, bruce bowser wrote:
> On Thursday, May 13, 2021 at 3:11:10 PM UTC-4, Dave Smith wrote:
> > On 2021-05-13 1:32 p.m., Mike Duffy wrote:
> > > On Thu, 13 May 2021 09:32:39 -0400, Dave Smith wrote:
> > >
> > >> On 2021-05-13 4:17 a.m., Sqwertz wrote:
> > laska (they huff it).
> > >
> > >> It seems to be very popular in some communities.
> > >> [...] there were people passed out on the sidewalk.
> > >
> > > In their defence I need to point out a tangential situation wherein I
> > > called an ambulance for a kid that had passed out and hit his head on the
> > > sidewalk from being drunk & sleep-deprived in a below-freezing line-up
> > > for tickets to see The Boss. All his friends could not wake him up. I had
> > > one of those at-the-time ostentatious cell phones, and offered to call an
> > > ambulance. His only friend who said anything was not to call, that they
> > > knew he was passed-out just because of how much alcohol he had consumed.
> > >
> > > So I asked her how long they were planning to leave him lying on the
> > > sidewalk before dying of hypothermia / exposure, especially considering
> > > how much alcohol he had consumed.
> > >
> > > While she was coming up with an estimate, I dialed 911.
> > >
> > > He woke while they were picking him up, but so drunk he couldn't
> > > understand anything. They checked his head for marks / bumps but they
> > > still needed him to sign a waiver. It was on a clipboard, so they just
> > > stuck a pen in his hand and then moved the clipboard around like spinning
> > > a cat's-cradle to make him sign a perfectly neat "X" on the form.
> > >
> > Well yeah, That is really in their defense. Unfortunately, it is a
> > community with high rates of substance abuse. They like to blame
> > colonialization and residential schools, but the fact is that it started
> > with their first contact with alcohol. Those who whine about us not
> > hnouring treaties should have a look at some of the numbered treaties
> > with the tribes in the west. They forbid the sale and consumption of
> > alcohol to and by the Indians because it had wreaked havoc on them.
> Its the poverty whenever you see run-down places. Because there is drinking, gun fascination and and drug use among teens in all communities. There is no way to stop it. That's why legalization is gaining steam.
>
> If all that stuff is legal (like in many places in Europe) it actually goes out of style.

In Amsterdam and Zurich, drugs and guns are legal. Nobody gives a damn.