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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Daniel Schuh who wrote (1904)	1/21/2001 12:10:11 PM
From: epicure	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 82486

Wow- I forgot about that. I hope we do get around to the questions about conservatives. I hope they don't turn out to be softball questions.

To: Daniel Schuh who wrote (1904)	1/21/2001 1:32:52 PM
From: hobo	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 82486

Good morning Dan, i don't remember if it was you that were talking about the idiocy of the "war on drugs", i found this site that has some statistics in that respect. for example: The statistics web site is at: druglibrary.org Looking at the following graphs, you would think that the "war on drugs" should include tobacco --and if you go by the numbers alone, you could make a case that being obese could be a crime... (with alcohol in third place) druglibrary.org this data to 1991 -- Casualties: 1. WW II 405,300 2. Civil War (US) 364,800 3. Drug War 119,000 () 4. WW I 116,500 5. Vietnam War 58,000 6. Korean War 54,200 () These casualties are AIDS related Source: Dept. of Defense/CDC druglibrary.org illegal drug related deaths : (1989) druglibrary.org now... look at the following two: (does anyone thing this could influence the decision to stop the "war on drugs") Federal Drug ABuse Budget: druglibrary.org Property Seizures : Note: few people with property seized are ever charged or convicted of a crime druglibrary.org and then.... breakdown of seized property (i.e. small time dealers as opposed to big drug dealers) druglibrary.org The Volstead act stats (Prohibition). druglibrary.org Sentenced prisoners: (1960 - 2000 projected after 1994) druglibrary.org and lots more... personal disclosure: do not do drugs (nor ever have) do not smoke (nor ever have) not obese , (nor ever had been) alcohol, only wine with meals. no hard liquor. bias: prior to looking at these statistics i was a little more than mildly in favor of legalizing drugs and in some way have them regulated so as to tax them in a way that the amount collected would go to some sort of assistance program and education to those that would be benefited by said programs. after looking at these statistics... i am strongly in favor of legalizing drugs, after a careful study how to structure it. but an immediate halt to the stupidity of the "war on drugs" i will look for another source of statistics to have a "second opinion" (or confirm the above)