From: "John Beamish" 

The surprise isn't the positive economic contribution.  It's the segment
(as I described them:  ommited and irredeemable "skid row" types)
which is making the positive contribution.

On Wed, 20 Sep 2006 02:44:18 -0400, Adam  wrote:

> John Beamish wrote:
>> There are an increasing number of "reduced harm" studies
that show not
>> only the reductions in enforcement costs, decreased related medical
>> expenses and, surprisingly, small but positive economic contributions
>> by the drug users.
>>
>
> Why is that surprising? People who drink alcohol make positive
> contributions. The City of London used to be fueled by speed & coke &
> huge areas of the world exist in a haze of cannabis.
>
> Adam

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