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To: longnshort who wrote (62609)	9/24/2007 8:39:04 PM
From: epicure	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 90947

I don't think that happens with legalized drugs. Are their many gangs of violent viagra peddlers? There will be abuses- like the doctors who oversell vicodin, but will it be like it is now with illegal drugs? I think not. Could be wrong, of course- but I'm pretty confident in the prohibition model. I'm willing to risk a change.

To: longnshort who wrote (62609)	9/25/2007 11:05:00 AM
From: TimF	Respond to of 90947

You could just as easily say the laws against drugs add to the violence. Because its illegal you have higher profit margins which attack supply, you have suppliers who are already committing a serious crime so they have less disincentive to commit others to complete or cover up their crimes, and you have suppliers that can't go to the cops and courts to deal with fraud, theft, and disputes, so they settle such things themselves, and they do it quite violently. You had a lot of violence involved in the distribution of alcohol when it was illegal, now that violence is most gone.