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    So people who cannot afford it will not keep opening a series of brand new boxes just to sneak a small square to smoke drugs off of.

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        11 hours ago

        It’s ok, be glad you’re clearly too European to get this. Leave the Americans to deal with their problems

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            Of course we do, but at least in Western Europe we take better care of them. There’s generally social welfare programs, shelters, etc. In Amsterdam there’s shelters where they can safely use crack so they have access to clean supplies.

            The question “like we DON’T have them” is kind of silly. It’s about how predominant the problem is, not whether we also have a couple.

            The US has several times the crack user per capita compared to Europe, depending on where in Europe.

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              Some people are just assholes though. There was some junkies poking used needles in lemons in stores here to clean them some years ago, even though they could get free needles

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                Yes some people are just assholes, that is true. The point is there’s several times more assholes per capita in the US.

                O, crack users I mean of course.

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            But you don’t have aluminum foil over there. You only have aluminium, it’s a completely different situation, you wouldn’t understand.

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          I ve heard from someone in europe how a shopkeeper frequently has candy bars stolen.

          The candy gets tossed on the street, its the foil they want.

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            “Having heard from someone” this or that is a whole different category than the extent of the drug problems in the US.

            “I’ve heard from someone there’s this American Football team in Amsterdam, so basically football is the most popular sport in Europe now.”