Yes, the things are related.  However, several of them are actually opposites, so not related as various states and bodies of water are related.   You and I agree that "safe" injection sites are not a good idea and passing a law you don't intend to enforce is a bad idea.   But I do not respect your opinion, because opinions are not worthy of respect.    People are worthy of respect, but not the ideas they write on message boards.  The words you and I post are not part of us, they represent ideas that should be considered, confronted, responded to.    So, when you post about the votes on the  smoking ban and "safe" injection  sites as being similar, I will point out what I believe to be the conceptual error in the post.   I shall leave it to the "civility" software to determine if that is rude.