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To: alanrs who wrote (218654)	9/5/2007 9:37:33 PM
From: Nadine Carroll	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793754

Prohibition historically has magnified the original problem without addressing anything. It just makes something bad worse. But don't you think a lot more kids might try it for the first time, if everything was legal? Especially if it was legal and advertised?

To: alanrs who wrote (218654)	9/5/2007 10:16:53 PM
From: Geoff Altman	Respond to of 793754

It won't go away, no matter what. Might as well find a way to deal with it. Prohibition historically has magnified the original problem without addressing anything. It just makes something bad worse. During the years of alcohol prohibition this country witnessed the largest surge in organized crime it's ever seen. Previous to prohibition there was no mafia, at least not the national organization that developed. We're living the same thing right now. When there's vast sums of money to be made criminals will find a way to make it. IMO, education at an early age is part of the long term solution if my son (15) is any example. He's not only rabidly anti-drugs, he thinks drinking is for losers too.... Now, part of that no doubt is because of me but I think he also learned much of it in school.