Comment on Justice for our boy

• SturgiesYrFase@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I mean, alcohol is controlled, otherwise there wouldn’t be a legal drinking age, or consequences for driving drunk, one might argue.

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  • octopus_ink@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    One might, but that’s not the definition of controlled substance in this context.

    healthline.com/…/what-is-a-controlled-substance

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    • SturgiesYrFase@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I know, I was making a devil’s advocate argument.

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      • octopus_ink@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Sorry, I’m too literal sometimes.

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• Kazumara@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  To me it reads like the author forgot there were depressants and stimulants that are not controlled. But I wouldn’t take that as a sign that the sentence only applies to the subset of controlled depressants or stimulants.

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• ArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Are you an unlawful user of, or addicted to, marijuana or any depressant…

  Alcohol being a depressant, it could be argued that “or addicted to any depressant” would be the more applicable part of the question, controlled or not.

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  • GiveMemes@jlai.lu ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    So then gun owners can’t drink coffee?

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    • ArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Right? Another example of why I hate this stupid question lol

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