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To: epicure who wrote (8166)	12/31/2005 1:23:54 AM
From: KLP	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 541344

I'm aware of the situation of alcohol. Alcohol and Drugs are the same thing if they cause addictions. There is no difference. Alcohol is a greater factor and I personally think that reason is that it has been around for centuries, and that some genes carry the addiction....PLUS as you say, alcohol is legal, and is everywhere. Aren't you making the point against alcohol legalization if you are concerned about all the evils of alcohol? Fetal alcohol syndrome is terrible from what I've been able to gather. It is one of the costs of legalization.

To: epicure who wrote (8166)	12/31/2005 9:39:02 AM
From: Lane3	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 541344

I gave you the statistics on assaults. Alcohol is by far the greatest contributing factor. You should crusade first against that- if cost is really the issue for you. It's a much bigger problem. (and what about fetal alcohol syndrome? Are you aware of just how common that is?) I may be able to shed some light on this. KLP and I had a discussion elsewhere on a related subject, protecting the population from death at the hands of terrorists vs death due to illness, accidents, various more common causes. My interest was in putting the resources where they would save the most lives. Her focus was on protecting people from deliberate evil acts more than ordinary risks, independent of the relative damage they do. Perhaps the same prioritization is going on here where for her drugs being illegal, bad, intentional, or otherwise offensive takes precedent over pragmatic risk avoidance.