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To: Raymond Duray who wrote (17810)	2/1/2002 6:04:34 PM
From: Murrey Walker	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

...while we fill our prisons with over a million poor people who are guilty of little more than trying to have a little harmless fun. Our drug policies are hypocritical, destructive and stupid. I think you're over-simplifiying things a just a little bit, Ray.

To: Raymond Duray who wrote (17810)	2/1/2002 6:18:58 PM
From: maceng2	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 281500

Dubya stopped drinking alcohol a while ago, I suspect he has been clear of all drugs for some years now. Fact is, what's the best way of fighting the drug problem? My guess is legalizing it, and taking out the illegal trade. The government is very good at making things unappealing imho. Most young folk will rebel against government sponsored drug addiction (with appropriate recovery clinics) in an instant. Government using some guile and and advertisments would make the drug lords lose out. Problem fixed for a while -g-

To: Raymond Duray who wrote (17810)	2/1/2002 9:15:53 PM
From: Win Smith	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

My favorite piece on W and his strictly hypothetical relationship with that now unfashionable white powder was this Maureen Dowd thing: smmirror.com By the time he got to Fairlawn, Ohio, on Friday he was still deep in Clintonspeak. “I think parents, particularly baby-boomer parents, ought to say to children, `Do not use drugs,' '' Bush said. ``I think we owe the children that responsibility to share our wisdom. I worry about a society that sends a different message. One of the interesting questions facing baby boomers is, `Have we grown up?''' He was pressed by The Times' Adam Clymer: “And if a child asks a baby-boomer parent, `Well, did you?''' He replied: “I think the baby-boomer parent ought to say, `I've learned from mistakes I may or may not have made. And I'd like to share some wisdom with you.''' Well, diplomatic W had words with Cheney about Clymer later, as I recall. Big time. Digging that one up also brought up this interesting collection. bushwatch.net Not a Drudge kind of story, though. Not a Rupert Murdoch/Fox News kind of story either, for that matter.