Comment by chadgpt3
25 days ago
Is it the government's job to enforce people's teeth? I presume you also observed something worse than that but chose not to write about it?
25 days ago
Is it the government's job to enforce people's teeth? I presume you also observed something worse than that but chose not to write about it?
I believe they were using their teeth (or lack thereof) to reference their visible meth addiction. See GP, "2) meth is neurodegenerative. heavy users end up with a permanent disability."
Of course the prohibition is what leads to the loss of teeth. Methamphetamine impacts salivation much more commonly and to a greater extent than amphetamine does. But meth is the cheap and accessible option due to the law.
Yeah but if teeth are the worst of it, that's not really the government's problem. The government doesn't prohibit alcohol to prevent liver damage and that's worse than tooth damage. If teeth aren't the worst of it, what was the worst of it?
They probably didn't ask all the wedding guests for their medical history.
Missing teeth may not be the worst, but in this case perhaps the most immediately recognizable.
I consider it the governments job to keep the population in a state where they can have a net benefit to society. Obviously this needs to be balanced with personal freedoms.