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To: Ilaine who wrote (95521)	1/16/2005 9:52:48 PM
From: LindyBill	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793574

Is the solution libertarianism, or zero tolerance? I don't think either is the answer anymore. But we are doing the wrong things at the moment, it seems.

To: Ilaine who wrote (95521)	1/16/2005 10:11:01 PM
From: average joe	Respond to of 793574

Criminals and the pharmaceutical companies don't want legalization of street drugs as it would put them both out of business. Plus your ultra religious leadership would be in a moral conundrum about how their Christ Club followers would view legalization of drugs and red light zones. A revolution is the only thing that could save North America now but that won't happen either because we're in love with the status quo. What will happen is a slow decay until the Chinese take us over.

To: Ilaine who wrote (95521)	1/17/2005 10:08:19 AM
From: TimF	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793574

Unlike some supporters of drug legalization I do think there would be more use if drugs were legal. However I'm not so sure there would be more of the negative consequences of use, in fact I think there might be less. The illegality of drugs makes it more likely that people will turn to crime to support their habit. It certainly makes it more likely that the sellers of drugs will turn to violence. We might get more visable signs of the negative of drug use (as people don't hide it as much) without the situation actually being worse (even if it appears worse). Not so hard to imagine, that's the way Hogarth depicted 18th century London in the heyday of gin Gin is legal today and we don't have "18th century London". Tim