Free refills? How dare you! That stomach doesn't belong to the consumer, it's merely being rented from the state!
The merits of this new French law can be argued, but it is not an obvious overreach.
Given that the most effective treatment for heroin addiction is diacetylmorphine maintenance (aka, prescription-strength heroin)[0], I'd say it's definitely governmental overreach.
I think you are making a good point, but this is a horrific example. Heroin prohibition has been a spectacular failure. There are literally bodies in the streets to show for it.
Certain substances are banned not (just) because they're harmful but because its addicts way too frequently tend to exhibit certain behaviors that are harmful to others.
Don't think it's any common to hear about a soda, coffee or chocolate addict incurring violence on drug-fueled rampage, or stealing to get another dose.
Yep, heroin has negative health effects. Yep, ban has all sorts of economic consequences. I don't think many would argue with that. Still, are those the reasons why it and alike substances were banned in the first place?
I believe your points are different from what caused my disagreement.
Citation needed.
That's like saying Patrick Henry invented liberty.
Excessive sugar consumption is a huge problem for our society. Much more so than statistically insignificant stuff like terrorism.
If there is something which has a massive negative impact of huge parts of the population, the state is supposed to do something about it.
The US gov also wanted to do something about this several times in the past, but the US food industry is just too powerful and influential.