Yeah.. do you think I just want this done for fun? Of course I'm thinking about the addicted, and the overdoses.

Drugs are illegal, and yet they are still addicted. Addiction is difficult to treat, because there are many underlying sources.

Now, to the reason for legalizing drugs: Overdoses.

Overdose isn't just a person taking too much drugs. Most recently, fentanyl laced drugs are the major driving factor for the increase in overdoses.

Now, let me ask you this, why aren't there a large portion of overdoses with pharmaceutical drugs? Regulations. The regulations in manufacturing, labels, and selling create a safe environment. That way, you can go to a pharmacy and know the prescription or OTC product is exactly what you are purchasing.

By making drugs illegal, you eliminated regulations, increased drug trafficking gangs, and created an unsafe environment.

Yes. I'm thinking about the addicted. I'm just trying to solve the problem in a way that I believe would work. Don't try to make me out like I'm some kid wanting to get high.

>It appears that the rise in deaths was fueled not by greater numbers of teens using drugs – substance use in this age group actually went down during the pandemic – but by use of dangerous and highly potent forms of fentanyl. The study found that fentanyl-related deaths increased from 253 in 2019 to 680 the following year. And in 2021, 77% of all teen overdose deaths involved fentanyl.

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2022/04/12/1092309418/teen-drug-overdose-deaths-rose-sharply-in-2020-driven-by-fentanyl-laced-pills https://nida.nih.gov/research-topics/trends-statistics/overdose-death-rates https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6007807/

Alcohol prohibition is the best example, and it has decades of time to back it up. Alcohol is not "intrinsically healthy." Alcohol is similar to gambling on many terms.

There aren't many underground distilleries or alcohol smuggling operations. Using the open market for purchasing is a much better option than skirting the law. I would say that it was a success, albeit with the known negatives, but it's better than it was.

Your prostitution example is still new, it's going to take time to adjust. Are you saying that the organized crime today at casinos is just as bad as it was? I'd have to see some statistics on that.

There are so many things that you can point to and say, "that is dangerous to a subset of the population, so we should ban it for the rest."

A few things that are pretty clear for non-complex manufacturing items: prohibition does not work, and promoting abstinence does not work.

Trying to abolish something that can be as easily done as sports betting, just causes it to go underground. Those who are addicted will have no protections, they will be able to gamble more than they have, and they will be owing money to potentially dangerous individuals. In a legalized system, you at the very least have to transfer funds in, and that is a very helpful barrier.

Legalize it, educate the public, and treat those with addiction.

Lol it's funny how little "freedom" there actually was through the 20th century.

I'm far from libertarian, but we really need to trust that people can handle their lives. Legalize drugs next.

Thank you for this recommendation. Definitely going to try it out soon

Smaller gap than your baseboards. Just think of trim as covering the gaps, so you can make a bit less accurate cuts, and move faster.

My biggest issue was that I kept making my cuts so tight I had to either fit them in place or recut. Instead, just give yourself another 1/8th of an inch and move on.

Interesting, so Sierra itself is plural in it's native language. I wonder if there are more examples of this.

Wouldn't that be the same as the Rockies?

It's the Rocky Mountains, but short hand is Rockies. Just like The Sierra Nevada Mountains, can be shortened to The Sierras.

>Almost as soon as the range’s name was formalized, it began being called by its nickname, the Sierras. Joaquin Miller, the author and frontiersman, wrote “Songs of the Sierras” in 1871. Later, he wrote at least four more celebrated works devoted to California’s most notable mountains, all using the “Sierras” in the title.

https://www.sfgate.com/travel/article/Sierra-vs-Sierras-Nevada-California-mountains-16325112.php

I don't know what you mean by that. What will they have to make a call on?

https://www.acluvt.org/en/news/deep-dive-compelling-state-interest-achieved-least-restrictive-means

This will help you.

>And don't even get me started on how poorly local businesses are run.

This is the number one thing that stood out to me after moving here. I love that they are all small business owners, and I want to utilize them, but it's difficult.

Hopefully, after a day or so, someone send a screenshot of this comment to "the officials."

Simple, yet effective.

Orthotics? You can have a professionally made set for you for the hill and walking around. Might be worth it.

I like Inner Bootworks at Pinnacle Sports in Stowe. They are very helpful and knowledgeable.