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To: The Street who wrote (3876)	7/14/2000 11:34:00 AM
From: Father Terrence	of 13056

And the irony is that drugs (e.g. marijuana, cocaine, heroin, etc.) were legal into the early part of the 20th Century. Then certain churches (primarily), started whining that drugs and alcohol should be banned. They couldn't keep alcohol illegal, but they got away with the drug part. As I write this there are legions in Washington, D.C. and across the country whose avowed mission is to make tobacco illegal. Making these substances illegal proves that the belief that we really live in a free society where individual liberties are protected by the State is a farce. The State has undermined those liberties and is turning otherwise good citizens into "criminals." No wonder they keep crying for more prisons to be built! McNamara is not reassured. "When it comes to the war on drugs, the feds are the worst. They certainly fought tooth and nail against federal asset forfeiture reforms. They think they're fighting a holy war, so anything goes. Forget about the Bill of Rights or ethics as long as they're fighting the evil of drugs." "This is just another example of the moral bankruptcy of the war on drugs," he concluded.

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