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It still is that crazy here in Utah - no booze allowed, but you can go to a state liquor store and buy it if you’re “that type” (which apparently everyone is because the stores are always packed).
You can’t gamble here because “it’s immoral and addictive,” but you can go across the state line to Wendover and spend your entire paycheck on gambling, which almost everyone here does, giving all our cash to Wendover’s schools and infrasctructure projects.
You can’t look at porn because Pornhub was sued by Utah and shut down here but you CAN go to any of the several donut and sugary drink dispensaries around town which are always crowded and indulge your (apparently very widespread) food addictions.
I’ve always said it’s stupid to outlaw something because a few folk might become addicted to it. Some will, most won’t, and many of us have the brains to be able to regulate how and when we use something.
Legally Banning anything on moral grounds is a fools errand. Laws should be based on the protecting citizens from direct and measurable harm.
Assault is a crime because it causes another person injury.
Extremely addictive drugs like cocaine and meth not only harm the addict physically and financially, but also harm those around them as they tend to make people violent and money hungry.
Unless it harms another person physically or financially, I don’t see why it should be a crime.
Social media is considered the “moral enemy of mankind” here in Utah. Obviously it’s not the user’s responsibility to watch what they do or consume, it’s the media’s fault for having consumable imagery or suggestions in the first place.
Assault is a crime and should always be prosecuted, I agree. And I also agree about addictive drugs, which people abuse and use to harm others - like the fact that there’s a 1000 fold increase in drivers going the wrong way on Utah freeways because they are coked to the gills.
But they tell the media, “OH it was just a random thing, people in utah don’t use drugs or alcohol.” MY ASS THEY DON’T. Law enforcement officers have reported that every driver they pull over is high on alcohol and/or drugs of some kind, every single one.