:31:01
I can synthesise
a non-addictive substitute
:31:04
which will ease
their withdrawal symptoms.
:31:09
No, I can't do that either.
:31:13
You can't let them
have the felicium!
:31:15
Why? Because it offends
against our sensibilities?
:31:18
It is not our mission to impose
Federation or Earth values on others.
:31:24
In this case, Captain,
I disagree, 1 00 percent!
:31:29
Captain, I'm receiving
a call from Ornara.
:31:32
I think I can put it
on the viewscreen.
:31:35
Do it.
:31:40
I'm Margan.
:31:43
Are my people on board your ship?
:31:50
Some of them, yes.
:31:53
May I speak to them?
:31:56
Yes. Lt Yar, have the Ornarans
brought in. No, wait.
:32:02
I don't want them
to have access to the bridge.
:32:05
We will contact you
in a few minutes.
:32:13
I will continue this in the guest
quarters. Commander, Doctor.
:32:26
Data, I can understand how this
could happen to the Ornarans.
:32:30
What I can't understand
:32:32
is why anyone would voluntarily
become dependent on a chemical.
:32:36
Addiction to drugs is
a recurrent theme in many cultures.
:32:40
Wesley, no one wants to
become dependent. That happens later.
:32:44
But it does happen,
so why do people start?
:32:47
On my home planet, there was
so much poverty and violence,
:32:51
for some, their escape
was through drugs.
:32:55
How can a chemical substance
provide an escape?
:32:57
It doesn't,
but it makes you think it does.