-=> Quoting Peter Bradie to Day Brown <=-
 PB> Actually, Day, you wouldn't have to make them legal.  All you have to
 PB> do is decriminalize them.  Of course there'd be a murderous fight among
 PB> the suppliers to attempt to monopolize the market.
The computer industry is one of the most competitive industries
around.  I don't think anyone, unless wanting to be colorful,
would say there's a murderous fight among suppliers.  Maybe
we should move beyond mere decriminalization.
 PB> But without the
 PB> hazards of criminal prosecution, the junk would be dirt-cheap and
 PB> taxable.
Like booze and tobacco.
 PB> Then all the money we're presently pissing away on the WoD
 PB> could be used for detox, education and rehab.
You're just wanting to piss in another toilet, heh.  Almost
no one goes to rehab because they want to get off drugs.
Rehab groups are filled with people who are coerced there
one-way-or-another, thus rehab is only minimally effective.
Drug education so far has been at best no better than
half-truths.
 DB> When the taxpayers realize the
 DB> unintended consequences of the War On Drugs, there will be lots of 
 DB> new opportunities for reformist politicians.
 PB> I think you're giving the average citizen too much credit.:-(
Most politicians depend on the average citizen to be a
sucker, especially when they use lines like "The American
people are too smart to..."
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