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Wed Dec-08-04 05:11 PM
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"over his body and mind the individual is sovereign"
He distinguished between self directed acts and other directed acts...
Since we are discussing traffic safety the use of drugs is a good point to depart from...
Smoking pot in your own home is a self directed act... You are not affecting anybody but yourself but the minute you get in your car and drive it becomes an other directed act because you are endangering the lives of other motorists and pedestrians....
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