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To: alanrs who wrote (254852)	6/18/2008 9:13:41 AM
From: DMaA	Respond to of 793800

This is an issue where I agree with the last good argument. I just cannot make up my mind on this one. Good arguments, and I don't have good answers.

To: alanrs who wrote (254852)	6/18/2008 9:50:02 AM
From: skinowski	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 793800

I don't have any final answers either. But I think we need to ask ourselves many more questions before we take the side of wholesale legalization. Maybe - just maybe - we ARE winning the war on drugs? Maybe not in the way it was meant and intended, but at least we allow social taboos to survive - for now, until we'll figure out what we are dealing with. For we don't know. It is easy to underestimate what modern psychopharmacology and neurophysiology are capable of. Otoh, a city like Amsterdam was traditionally quite tolerant of drug use - and they are still more or less healthy and sane. More questions than answers. BTW, I disagree about antidepressants. Maybe they are used a bit too widely, but to those who suffer from true depression those drugs are - literally - a life saver.

To: alanrs who wrote (254852)	6/18/2008 12:43:36 PM
From: Geoff Altman	Respond to of 793800

My further belief is that the damage done by the 'war on drugs' far exceeds this down side, and that a small portion of the money saved could be set aside to provide a wide variety of abuse facilities. Well said. Take in consideration too that we only see a small sliver of the affects of all this illicit booty. IMO the destructive influences on these countries could be much worse than generally thought. Another thing that makes a great deal of sense is that the entire existence of the drug trade depends on the demand for it in the US, no demand, pufft, no drug trade. The only way to curtail demand is through education and treatment, anything else is just tinsel.....