"Bob Ackley -> Ross Cassell"  wrote in
news:29032$POL_INC{at}JamNNTPd:

 RC>> Can you setup a pharmacy in the towns business district and sell
 RC>> heroin?

 BA> Actually, doing that used to be perfectly legal.  Heroin was at one
 BA> time a prescribable medication, it was also an ingredient in laudanum,
 BA> which was an alcohol based substance.

Back in the days of "patent medicines," there was a
"soothing syrup" for
babies on sale.
Oh, it worked great, since it had heroin in it! (!)
http://wings.buffalo.edu/aru/preprohibition.htm

Back in the late 60's, my Mom was offered by her doctor "Mother's Little
Helper," Valium.
She thankfully said no.

 RC>> Obviously the answer is no, but these examples by extension dont
 BA>   make RC> all businesses illegal on the sole basis of 2 radical
 BA>   examples.

 RC>> Telecommuting isnt illegal either, most who do do not do
 BA>   anything more RC> than those who dont as far as comings and goings,
 BA>   by that I mean, RC> they still have to go run lifes normal errands,
 BA>   the only thing one RC> might notice is the car sits in the driveway
 BA>   moreso than normal RC> during the 9-5 norm.

 BA> Telecommuting in and of itself I have no problem with.  Somewhere the
 BA> telecommuting morphed into home-based businesses.

I had a relative who kept trying to recruit me into Amway.
Amway is run like a cult.

My relative got out of Amway, after losing almost a thousand $$$ in
those "motivational" tapes and stuff.

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