what if the person's judgment is impaired at the time due to intoxication?

some of these drugs have been known to kill in a context of over-dosage. and still harder drugs exist on the street.

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1) Individual responsibility.
2) Individual responsibility.

I buy cocaine from a dealer and over dose because I have no self control. That is the dealer's fault?

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(To such heights of evil are men driven by religion)

i consider it to be the responsibility of both, although one may present a vulnerable victim argument in some cases.

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And it should be weighed on a case-to-case basis. But the underlying law should be that the individual is ultimately responsible for his or her own actions.

The dealer, as long as he or she did not coerce/force the person into buying drugs and did not willfully lace them with poison that would intentionally harm or kill, should not be culpable.

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agreed. but this doesn't necessarily let the dealer off.

i suggest that 'intent' is not always a necessary ingredient in homocide. 'negligence' may also be a factor in the context of 'accidents'.

for example, if i drive my car and 'accidentally' run over a pedestrian, i'm not entirely off the hook. i'll be charged with 'negligence', even in the absence of an intent to kill. negligent homocide.

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We have to draw a line somewhere

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but where? lines have already been drawn.

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Slavery is wrong for legal citizens. That's why I vehemently oppose socialist health care.

Prisoners? Who cares about prisoners? They broke the law.
(Oh, I forgot...democrats care about prisoners. Especially the kind that kill our soldiers. They love them like their love their own kids)

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in what way might socialist health care be considered slavery?

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It’s the extortion of taxpayers dollars to create and finance social programs for folks that won’t help themselves by which politicians bribe the vote of those on the receiving end of said redistribution. The most productive are “enslaved” to financing the scam, and those receiving the extorted loot of redistribution are “enslaved” to a reliance on government and robed of their self respect and incentive to better themselves.