On 08-16-97  15:06, Gary Petz typed to Jane Kelley
  regarding: => marijuana <=
 Hello Gary,
 GP> I am pleased that you have given some rerences that one can check
 GP> out.  I am open-minded, not a user or a advocate of irrisponsible use.
 GP> Perhaps it's a just a difference in terminology, but I almost never use
 GP> the term right any more.  I've learned the hard way, that all "rights"
 GP> are relative.  I do argue for one thing, a rationale, sensible, sane
 GP> drug policy that accomplishes broadly head social goals of promting
 GP> healthl, reducing crime and helping or at least not stading in the way
 GP> of people's fullfillment in their lives.  Our current drug policy is
 GP> goinog no where except to greater lawlessness, more people in jail and
 GP> more crime.   -!- Maximus/2 2.02
 GP>  ! Origin: The Health Center (1:106/6355)
      Harrumph!   I beg to differ.   Our present war on drugs is
      tremendously successful.  Just look at the numbers.   Its a 500
      billion dollar industry if we include not only the tremendous profits
      but also the cost of enforcement, including incarceration.
      If drugs were somehow decriminalized; if it was no longer hugely
      profitable to sell them, there'd be massive unemployment of
      policemen, bankers, prison guards, pilots, clerical workers,
      telephone tappers, and lawyers.   We'd have a depression on our hands
      that would make the 30s look like a picnic.
      Lets never legalize drugs.  Brrrrr.   the thought of all those angry
      unemployed guys with guns scares the chamomile tea out of me.
      Ty
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