On 2021-05-13 3:45 p.m., 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:

>>> 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.
>


That is not at all accurate. Drugs are not legal in Amsterdam. It's
more like criminalization. They police don't bother with it. Guns are
prohibited.