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Pastimes : Clown-Free Zone... sorry, no clowns allowed
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To: benwood who wrote (124255)9/20/2001 1:50:40 PM
From: pater tenebrarum  Read Replies (1) of 436258
 
Ben, however, that is only the case BECAUSE they are illegal. a heroin addict can live to a ripe age, if he gets the stuff in its pure form. many doctors in Vienna used to be morphinists around the turn of the century, without society suffering any discernible ill effects. the problem the addicts have is that the drugs are not pure, and extremely expensive, all because they are illegal. the addict HAS to have the stuff, so he takes desperate measures to get the money, and THAT is what wrecks families, breeds ancillary crime, etc.
we have old medical records in Europe that prove that the same percentage of the population was addicted to opiates BEFORE and AFTER they became illegal. so making them illegal has NOT reduced the population of addicts...it has only made outcasts and criminals out of them.
the above assessment can be proven by the experiment that runs in Switzerland for the past four years: there, hopeless long term heroin addicts are actually given pure heroin under medical supervision for the price of a beer per shot. 98% of the addicts thus treated have been reintegrated fully into society as productive members. so all that claptrap that is used to justify the 'war on drugs' is just that.
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