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To: Wayners who wrote (474612)	10/10/2003 11:54:50 PM
From: American Spirit	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

England does not have legalized drugs, though they are moving in that direction. Australia the same. The Netherlands experiment with legalized marijuana basically worked and saved tons of money so other countries are now following suit. There is no perfect solution but our War On Drugs is a tremendous failure. We stop maybe 15% of it coming in and it is hugely expensive on all fronts. We also do terrible things like putting Tommy Chong in prison for selling pipes. While Kenny Lay walks free. Marijuana by the way is a drug which makes people mellow and less likely to exort to violence of any kind. It has also recently been proven that it is not very damaging to the brain, unless huge amounts are smoked over a long time period. The most dangerous part of it the smoke inhaled. Marijuana creates dependency quite often, but is not physically addicting. If legalized, it does not lead to harder drugs in most cases. It only leads to harder drugs in a world where it is illegal and you buy the stuff from the same dealer who also deals something harder. Study the Netherlands experiment. I worked there for a year and never once saw any hard drugs, though I am sure they exist. I also never saw any evidence of violent crime except one soccer riot where the fans were all drunk on booze.