In a message dated 04 Mar 97  00:50:18, Jeff Jenkins wrote:
 JJ> *** Quoting Jeff White from a message to Jeff Jenkins ***
JW> I wonder if he'd feel the same way if one of his children were gunned 
JW> down in a driveby because of a crack deal gone bad?? I am for the 
JW> legalization of MARIJUANA. It is a relatively SAFE and HARMLESS drug. 
JW> ANYTHING in excess is no good for you. ANYTHING. There has NEVER been 
JW> ANYONE that died from a direct usage of marijuana. It is PHYSICALLY 
JW> IMPOSSIBLE to get addicted to it. ANYONE that knows ANYTHING about 
JW> weed knows these things. I don't think it should be sold to children. 
JW> Just because I said it was safe doesn't mean I think it's for 
JW> EVERYONE. Non-alcholic beer is relatively safe, but children 
JW> shouldn't have that either. Just my 2 cents worth
Why? All it is is brewed hops, barley and water. The alcohol is taken out - 
certainly barley, hops and water can't hurt a kid. Can't be much worse than 
Gatoraid.....
 JJ> Cocaine has been around for thousands of years yet I do not recall
 JJ> any drive by's before the WOD, do you?  Seems to me they all started
 JJ> at the same time probabition did.  I have yet to take any drug, or
 JJ> meet anyone who has, that has made me want to hurt anybody or steal
 JJ> anything.  The violence you warn against is NOT created by the drugs
 JJ> but by the laws prohibiting them. 
I love the way where people always use crack as some kind of demonized 
hellish drug. It has only been around for 10 years and probably was 
concoceted by the CIA as another way to market cocaine. Notice it came around 
in the mid 80's or so - same time Freeway Ricky was doing a bangup business.
Incidentally, several months ago an Ass. DA in Las Vegas was caught with some 
rocks in his Corvette as he was chatting up a hooker in downtown LV.
Of course his Corvette wasn't seized and of course the local law enforcement 
gleefully stated he is now getting help for "his problem". Imagine, an Ass. 
DA who's a crackhead and no one in the DA's office knew!
what does that tell ya about one puff on the pipe and you're hooked?
 JJ> We can discuss the dangers of drugs all day, and marijuana IS
 JJ> addictive in many ways to many people, I've been there.  The dangers
So the Canoli's down in Little Italy but they don't outlaw that now do 
they....
 JJ> The Bill of Rights guarantees us "Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of
 JJ> Happiness." We are not guaranteed happiness, only the PURSUIT of
 JJ> happiness.  And when we make mistakes and suffer for them we are the
Who can guarantee happiness? The last time I felt happy was the news footage 
of Hillary with Nelson in S. Africa as he showed her his jail cell. Hillary 
has a frozen smile on her face as I guess she was debating how 10 years will 
be soon staring her in the face!
 JJ> only ones responsible.  Don't blame crime on drugs....  blame the
 JJ> laws that create criminals and blame the individuals who become
 JJ> violent, but not the drugs.
You don't see the CIA causing crime becasue they sell drugs now do you?
--- DLG Pro v1.16g1/DLGMail v2.63
(1:209/245)
---------------