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To: pater tenebrarum who wrote (124246)	9/20/2001 12:43:06 PM
From: JRI	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 436258

Hey Heinz....we ALREADY got legalized drugs in the U.S...its called the alcohol industry..(cigs aside) Its freakin' disgusting how Anheuser-Busch has tried to crush small local brewers over the years (so we can be stuck drinking their generic swill)...Give us that 500 year old German law about local brewers, please! ng

To: pater tenebrarum who wrote (124246)	9/20/2001 12:46:05 PM
From: robnhood	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 436258

You missed the fact that this so called war on drugs gives all kinds of good excuses to have one's nose in other countries goings on....

To: pater tenebrarum who wrote (124246)	9/20/2001 1:08:21 PM
From: benwood	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 436258

Drug addictions actually hurt many people besides the addict. Wrecks families, leads to child abuse in a variety of ways, leads to death one way or the other, of the abuser or of others --vehicular homicide, alcohol poisoning, neglect, high risk behavior, selling off kids, blowing up or poisoning self, others, even own kids (e.g. meth lab). Jobs are lost, productivity declines (cheating employers and family). For some, robbery and theft are needed to support a habit, or prostitution, drug dealing (keeping the cycle going). Only in a dream world is the damage limited solely to a drug abuser. Do you actually know any therapist who would prefer that drug abuse continue rampant? If they do, then they themselves need therapy (with a more functional therapist than themselves). BTW, I do agree that the "war on drugs" is a sham, but obviously I disagree on the effect of many addictive drugs on individuals, the workplace, families, and society as a whole.

To: pater tenebrarum who wrote (124246)	9/20/2001 1:40:14 PM
From: NOW	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 436258

I agree with your post except the part about therapists: in fact many noational organizations of people invloved in therapy are callling and have been calling for years to END the WAR on drugs.