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I was simply pointing out the hypocrisy of quite a few people who are willing to claim that attempting to prevent the use of drugs in prison is an unacceptable violation of the prisoner's rights while fining and/or jailing impaired drivers and smokers is somehow acceptable.
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Maybe it's just that they are banning a free activity and replacing it with a scheme to make money. Are there not other ways to inspect the books for contraband? Drug sniffing dogs? Only allowing books shipped directly from Amazon or some other business as others have mentioned?
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If we are willing to allow access to drugs in prison given the known side effects of drugs...
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Again, I disagree with your assertion that not wanting to see people be screwed is the same as supporting smuggling drugs.
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is it not somewhat logical to argue that imposing limitations on impaired driving or smoking is an equally unacceptable violation of civil rights. Owsley's finest blotter for all!
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Driving under the influence places other people at risk. So does smoking in restaurants and bars. Are you honestly arguing that drunk driving should be easier?
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BTW, latest statistics seem to show that distracted driving is even more of a killer than impaired driving yet it doesn't have the opprobrium associated with impaired driving.
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A: It's newer
B: Have you not seen any of the billboards, PSAs, etc?
Here's a Bing image search that I pulled up using 'distracted driving billboard' -
https://www.bing.com/images/search?q...rd&FORM=HDRSC2