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To: Geoff Altman who wrote (218779)	9/6/2007 12:34:18 PM
From: FJB	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 793743

A kilo of heroin passes through six different dealers in the supply chain before it reaches the veins of a Londoner. Each link in the chain demands a fat fee for risking jail. This means heroin costs 3,000 percent more than it would in a legal, risk-free market - so a heroin addict must steal 3,000 per cent more to buy it; 3,000 per cent more grannies mugged, 3,000 per cent more homes burgled. That's why so many police officers are now coming out in favour of unpicking hard-line prohibition and prescribing heroin, with Howard Roberts, the deputy chief constable of Nottinghamshire, joining the queue yesterday. They know from the experience in Switzerland - an ultra-conservative country that now nonetheless prescribes heroin - that it is a silver bullet (or syringe?), bringing crime rates crashing down. Nice summation of the situation.

To: Geoff Altman who wrote (218779)	9/6/2007 1:36:38 PM
From: KLP	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793743

Good article Geoff. Who knows. Maybe all those murders, rapes, robberies, etc that are currently caused by waxed out crazy druggies, will just magically disappear. And who knows....maybe even the politics of the area will change. Most of the folks who currently use drugs maybe will even use more of them if they are legal....(I'm "sure" (tongue firmly planted in cheek) that the costs will come down) so that people can have more of them if they want....) And maybe they will be so wiped out they will stay away from the polling areas. That fact alone would make me think we should legalize drugs....currently drugs are heavily a Dem activity.... And IF you doubt that, go find them and ask yourself.....