teaching people how to use drugs responsibly is definitely one way to try to mitigate harms associated with their use. unfortunately, for certain types of minds, saying "just don't re-dose" or "just don't mix things" is about as ineffective as "just say no." many reasonable people can learn to experiment safely, as…

i'm actually getting bro'd on gchat in another tab RIGHT NOW. seriously just don't even talk to me if you don't at some point want to stick it in.

and i had to re-read like four times to even find the GD rape joke.

right, and i think the end goal of that desire for community awareness was to prevent the commission of crimes by offenders who had been reintegrated into the community. because if we know where they are, we can avoid them, and they can't hurt us, right? i hope it wasn't so we could flyer their neighborhoods and…

#notshocked

i'd be awfully interested to know who was trying to get re-elected when Megan's Law passed.

i agree. however much they might make someone feel better about sticking it to the bad guys, they don't reduce re-offense, which was their whole purpose in the first place. nobody hates child molesters more than me (i promise) but this isn't the solution.

oh, my dear. a heartbreaking and evocative description of the disease of alcoholism. a physical allergy (allergy being defined as an abnormal reaction) triggered by the first drink. a mental obsession that only a drink can calm. a hole inside that eventually no amount of alcohol can fill. i very much hope the…