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SWBTATTReg

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9. Exactly (end the war on drugs). It is not working. There needs to be something better, that

Reply to Warpy (Reply #8)

Tue Mar 14, 2023, 03:58 PM

Mar 2023

would address the addiction issues. I had a brother, a sister, and a mother, all who were addicted to alcohol. A terrible curse that the remaining 3 of us (my dad, my other sister and I) had to deal with. So many families/people deal w/ this addiction curse (not limited to alcohol either).

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Right, and Nancy Reagan's wagging finger didn't make the rules for anyone but her Warpy Mar 2023 #8

Exactly (end the war on drugs). It is not working. There needs to be something better, that SWBTATTReg Mar 2023 #9

People on both sides of my family died from that one Warpy Mar 2023 #10

It would be nice if some sort of treatment was available to handle the addiction issue, but there SWBTATTReg Mar 2023 #11