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To: one_less who wrote (51186)	7/16/2004 5:19:23 PM
From: Suma	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 89467

We have laws in place where anyone carrying a gun needs a permit to be legal.. Yet, we have the largest weapon for slaughter that people who are drinking get in and drive down a highway with cars passing one another in such close proximity and these people are impaired physically and cause countless and needless deaths.We just lost a family on a highway here last week. A drunken driver in an SUV slammed into their car, decapitated the mother and the children are critical. I am very much in favor MOTHER'S AGAINST DRUNK DRIVING... I think the penalties should be more severe than they are for anyone found driving under the influence. You hit one of my favorite issues...

To: one_less who wrote (51186)	7/18/2004 7:28:55 AM
From: DayTraderKidd	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 89467

<<We have a serious disparity in the way we regulate substances. Alcohol is clearly associated with social problems (crime, disease, accidents, domestic abuse and neglect, etc) that carry negative impacts to our culture and justice system at a very high rate, and expense.>> ummmm, we regulate alcohol, marijuana is illegal. <<There is a distinction between some people who use alcohol as a regulated substance and otherwise abstain from illegal activity vs marijuana users who are more likely to view any illegal substance or activity as subject to individual discernment.>> lol are you trying to say that users of alcohol who do not use marijauna are less likely to use other types of illegal substances while marijauna users are more likely to use other illegal substances?? <<On the basis of risk associated with either substance on its own merit, I think the evidence shows alcohol to be a far more dangerous substance to the individual user and society. That includes addiction as well as events that are associated with use.>> I think science would agree with you there jowl. Why is it that our society punishes marijuana users more harshly than alcohol users despite evidence that proves alcohol to be a more harmful drug than marijauna both physically and also its impact to society?