“Fundamentally, the argument for mandatory treatment comes down to two fundamentals: all drug use is abuse, and drugs make people do bad things they wouldn’t otherwise do. But not all use is abusive — in fact, most drug use is not. And an asshole who does bad things and takes drugs is, at the end of the day, just an asshole. Forgetting those points creates an invitation to the government to intervene in our lives if we simply engage in behavior that rubs officialdom the wrong way — and it also allows the powers-that-be to let real criminals off easy for their bad decisions.” (03/10/10)