There are some places in the world where individuals are murdered by the state for their non-violent personal choices.

It's 2018 and not only are people still being murdered for their various personal choices that are frowned upon in different countries worldwide, but there are many others who unfortunately celebrate this inhumanity and who are too eager to see the violence continued.

There is nothing more inhumane than taking the life of someone because one or many people disagree with their personal life choices.

If you are initiating violence against another person, regardless if that violence is supported or justified in the eyes of many, it makes you the aggressor. It's profoundly wicked to initiate violence against a peaceful individual.

What if a majority of people got together and decided that we should get rid of everyone who didn't possess a certain amount of wealth? Or those who didn't possess a certain level of intelligence? That we should violently persecute all people with disabilities? Or that we should get rid of those who drink or smoke too much etc?

Hopefully, you can see the cruelty that would be associated with such a world.

No one deserves to have violence initiated against them because of their personal choices. When you approve of such actions, you're not only violating and eroding individual liberty for others but you're also eroding it for yourself and your loved ones as well. If you support the actions of the state to murder others, you've also in-turn supported them in potentially using that power against you.

You might look down on drug addicts because you disagree with their personal life choices, but would you want others looking down on you in the same way for your own personal shortcomings?

Many anti-drug views that are held today have been crafted by decades of state-sponsored propaganda.

We see individuals in one area who get death sentences or decades behind bars for using cannabis or other substances, while in other regions the same criminalized substance is considered a potentially healing substance that can provide a variety of health benefits.

We aren't doing ourselves any favors by supporting the state in its cruel decision to slaughter and cage addicts. Getting on-board with such a cruel initiative is directly supporting oppression rather than fostering freedom and liberty.

The worst addiction of all has been the decision of governments worldwide to stick with the war on drugs.

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