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To: alanrs who wrote (282550)	12/1/2008 10:29:14 AM
From: SirWalterRalegh	1 Recommendation Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793955

<Why should they, they don't know how many states there are.> Seems to me that the President-elect B. Hussein Obama thought there were at least 57 states.

To: alanrs who wrote (282550)	12/1/2008 1:18:21 PM
From: skinowski	1 Recommendation Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 793955

I don't know what's happening in the world of methadone clinics over the past many years -- but in the early days, during the late 70's - early 80's, I have encountered many individuals who were never really addicted to heroin, and yet they were on methadone. People who were only occasional social users often would be offered to join methadone clinics, and consequently became addicted to methadone. I've talked to people who complained to me that their methadone "managers" refused to decrease their dose - and were very reluctant to allow them to get off the drug. By establishing methadone clinics the government created an entire class of people who's livelihood depended on having a sufficient number of "customers" addicted to methadone. I want to point out again that these are observations from a long time ago, but... I suspect that the law of unintended consequences is still there.