Trying to combat drug addiction through policing has been proven ineffective time and time again. You may want to rethink that one.

Both are stupid.

All research and successful drug policy shows that treatment should be increased And law enforcement decreased while abolishing mandatory minimum sentences

Dont fight drug use, fight drug distribution and the root problems why people are on the street taking drugs

OP, did a cop give you a ticket for riding a scooter?

Cops "going after" drug addicts? Like giving them help and treating them like humans?

Remember that time we legalized cannabis and it had literally zero impact on society? Let's do that with the rest of them too.

ITT: OP wanting the cops to go after people doing illegal things, but only the illegal things that OP agrees with.

OP has no empathy and insists on being downvoted to hell rather than recognizing that they're being a heartless hypocrite.

I mean, they shouldn't be going after drug addicts either.

Scooters are more dangerous than bikes or motorbikes.

Well if they would fix traffic infrastructure to support bicycles and other alternative transports they would have less of a problem with this.

ACAB includes OP

Why would they give 12y old tickets? Don’t they have any newer ones?

Harm reduction and rehab centers where they can use in a safe environment is how you really help people addicted to drugs. Instead of locking them in a cage and pretending they don't exist.

this is a weird comparison

there are real criminals out there and OP chose drug addicts, a crime which by itself is just minding your own business

fuck, go after the drivers endangering countless people every day. far more dangerous than drug addicts that commit crimes that affect other people

Drug problem is a healthcare issue, not a crime issue.

Leave the drug addicts alone!

Also legalize it man. By it I mean pretty much everything. Yowza daddy-o.

Counterpoint: parents should be given tickets for endangering their child's lives by giving them something that can cause death or greivous injury - calling it a "toy" that goes 30+ mph ridden on public roads with no training, license, or obeying traffic signs and signals.

One of these days it's going to be a lawmakers kid that is going to get turned into a meat crayon. Then we might just get some reasonable legislation. I hate that it pretty much has to come down to many children dying for meaningful change to take place.

in this case the police are correct

Drug consumption should never be criminalized. And I say this as someone who doesn't even drink alcohol.