The lesson of 1933 is you get out sooner rather than later

I suppose you are correct. If people want to worry and fret for a hobby, it is good that they can find a place to share their concerns with like victims. On the other hand, Dos Cerveza's

Which is fine with me, I'd gladly join you for a tequila and a chela and contemplate the simple pleasures of life, but it also underscores why the USA has a serious addiction and abuse problem with both legal and stupidly banned substances. For too many people their demons are stronger than their ability to resist them. Like the young man who murdered the Ukrainian refugee on a bus the other day in North Carolina. Mental health care might have prevented that and many other problems we see people suffer daily. Most of my life I've known people who were addicts and abusers, and what became obvious to me at an early age is that no matter what the government bans, people will still find something to abuse that essentially separates them from their reality for a period of time. That's the pain suffered by too many citizens that needs treating but that is unfortunately going ignored now more than ever thanks to Reagan closing public mental health care facilities, especially in those "red states". Blowing boats of suspected drug-runners out of the water doesn't save any lives.

The guy had been arrested 14 times and should not have been out on no cash bail. Clearly he had mental health problems and should’ve been in prison where he couldn’t murder a woman on public transit.