Path: csiph.com!goblin1!goblin2!goblin.stu.neva.ru!newsfeed.xs4all.nl!newsfeed7.news.xs4all.nl!85.12.16.70.MISMATCH!peer03.ams1!peer.ams1.xlned.com!news.xlned.com!peer04.fr7!futter-mich.highwinds-media.com!peer01.iad!feed-me.highwinds-media.com!news.highwinds-media.com!post01.iad!fx06.iad.POSTED!not-for-mail Content-Type: Text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit From: Jeff-Relf.Me @. Message-ID: References: Newsgroups: sci.physics,comp.os.linux.advocacy,alt.checkmate Subject: Cigarettes kill old people, heroin kills the young. User-Agent: Jeff-Relf.Me/X.HTM Lines: 12 X-Complaints-To: abuse@usenet-news.net NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 22 Sep 2018 09:06:33 UTC Organization: usenet-news.net Date: Sat, 22 Sep 2018 02:06:29 -0700 (Seattle) X-Received-Bytes: 1419 X-Received-Body-CRC: 2034992723 Xref: csiph.com sci.physics:704064 comp.os.linux.advocacy:468297 alt.checkmate:207121 BotBoy replied: > > The crimes and the criminals are fairly well known -- that's not the issue; > > instead of locking them away, the city helps them repeat the crimes. > > Basically, the victims bear the cost, instead of the city. > > Can you point to the study that says crime goes up? > Most say no difference or show it going down. Almost 64,000 Americans died of drug overdoses in 2016, a shocking 54 percent increase since 2012. Cigarettes kill old people, heroin kills the young.