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To: Dale Baker who wrote (5750)	1/15/2004 9:32:04 AM
From: rrufff	Respond to of 20773

Actually, that approach seems fairly close to what reality is here in the US. So maybe things are not that much different. There really is very little enforcement against users. I would imagine that the heart of Dixie might be the equivalent of policy in Bulgaria or some of the old USSR states. In the US, drug using is a throw-in. Usually, it's part of something else, such as driving with, or part of a robbery, etc. One problem I see is the definition of "serious traffickers." Some local DEA in small towns expand that definition with politics, but that probably happens in Europe also. It's not a high profile news story so any pattern is going to be conjecture. I have a real problem with the current method of proof which relies on lower level users and dealers basically ratting out higher ups, which leads to a very corruption-prone system. Conspiracy laws have been expanded and it leads to a rush on to the plea bus, last man on getting screwed.