Totolitarians

Totalitarians always find some group characteristic that is “objectionable” and use it to have a nice little pogrom on the group.
Schizophrenics take drugs. Alcohol and cigarettes in excess. They seem to also like other drugs to self medicate. Pot being among the more popular. Heroin for those with more serious trouble.
Our war on drugs is just another way to punish the mentally ill for being deviants.
Totalitarian. A modernized eugenics movement. We don’t have to sterilize them, we can put them in jail. Kinder and gentler.
About 70% of female heroin addicts have been sexually abused. A good portion of the male heroin addicts fall into the same category. A lot of the people you see at the methadone clinic are victims of sexual abuse. Others are no doubt victims of other trauma. Obviously they deserve further punishment for taking heroin to relieve their pain.
Totalitarian indeed.
Every society seems to need its devils. Our devils are abused children and the mentally ill. Swell. Just swell.
Excuse me for not falling into line, but the Emperor is naked and covered with feces and is followed by a horde of flies. Not a parade I’d care to join.
Cross Posted at Power and Control