bruce bowser wrote:

> 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.

Guns are not legal in Amsterdam. Drugs aren't legal either, except
weed. Don't talk poop.

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