-=> L P said this to All on 03-09-97  16:52. <=-
 LP> - Why do so many conservatives preach "individual responsibility" yet
 LP> ardently punish people for the chemicals they consume and thus deny
 LP> the right that gives meaning to the responsibility) Many of these same
 LP> conservatives would think it outrageous for the government to decree
 LP> the number of calories we ingest or the kind of exercise we get, even
 LP> though such decrees would be aimed at preserving our lives, keeping us
 LP> productive, and reducing the drain on scarce medical resources.  The
 LP> incongruity of these positions is mystifying, and so is the
 LP> willingness of conservatives, in order to protect people from their own
 LP> folly, to impose huge costs in death, disease, crime, corruption, and
 LP> destruction of civil liberties upon others who are entirely innocent:
 LP> people who do not partake of forbidden drugs.
How can those innocent people respond? Or all those concerned...
(I have previously posted this question)
What are addiction prone people likely to connect with?
                            Alcohol
                            Heroin
                            Cocaine
                            Tobacco
                            Marijuana
                            Television
                            Food
                            Sex
                            Exercise 
                        
Notice that not everything on the list is illegal, or even bad. 
Many of us, the `addiction prone,' move from one repeated behavior 
to another until we find something that will not compromise our 
lives unbearably. At this point however, we are still quite addicted, 
and still prone to addiction.
Could we be better served by dealing with the causes of addiction 
than by struggling with with what we get addicted to?
What causes us to suffer addiction?
-Whisper *
... All around whatever you are looking at, there is more!
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