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To: Bill who wrote (713664)11/17/2005 9:50:06 AM
From: Lady Lurksalot  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 769670
 
Bill, You make excellent points.

I equate so-called drugs of abuse with what was going on with alcohol in the early part of the previous century. One thing to keep in mind is that when alcohol became once again legal, its manufacture was regulated by (horrors!) the government. That in itself eliminated a lot of medical problems and costs associated with alcohol then. Please try to port that fact over to the current crop of street drugs.

Truly, I cannot separate alcohol from the current prohibition on other substances, and never could. The phrase, "alcohol and drugs" is not in my vocabulary, for, to me and many, they are one and the same. - Holly



To: Bill who wrote (713664)11/17/2005 4:48:15 PM
From: Lazarus_Long  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 769670
 
The other issue is that moderation, which is widely practiced with alcohol, is not an option for most currently illegal drugs. Not for pot, heroin or acid.
You've made that statement repeatedly. Now prove it.



To: Bill who wrote (713664)11/18/2005 9:25:07 AM
From: DuckTapeSunroof  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 769670
 
Er... biochemically, booze *is* 'getting high'. Every dram.


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