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To: Lane3 who wrote (8293)	1/4/2006 10:56:19 AM
From: epicure	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 541414

I think we have to realize first, that using drugs is not purely an irrational or hedonic act on the part of many users. Many (maybe even most) people who use cigarettes, alcohol and other drugs to "excess"- excess being in contrast to the casual non-addicted user- are self medicating some mental or physical condition. Now it would be great if medicine had something to offer everyone, but it doesn't- sometimes because of pricing pressures, and sometimes because medicine just isn't perfect- especially psychiatry - so to criminalize people because they turn to drugs just seems wrong. These are people in pain, trying to relieve their pain. I don't have anything against finding alternate treatments for them- but throwing them in jail is stupid, cruel, and wasteful.