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To: SiouxPal who wrote (167082)	5/6/2009 12:43:12 PM
From: koan	1 Recommendation Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 362847

I just watched Barry Maccaffrey talk about legalizing pot on MSNBC. He is one stupid guy. And dead wrong (on everything to do with drug abuse) and I will never forgive Clinton for naming him our drug czar. I wish they would interview me. I wrote our first State Plan for Alcoholism and Drug Abuse and I was the State Director. I have credentials-lol. Pot should be treated like alcohol for many reasons not the least of which are: Pot is less harmful than alcohol to both the individual and society (especially society). It has been studied to death despite what people say. Pot acts like a sedative. Calms people down. Pot is not lethal, is not habit forming i.e. has no withdrawl problems. With alcohol, withdrawl can cause delirium tremens (DT's) and even death. Alcohol is a very lethal poison. And pot is not and does not cause brain damage like alcohol. Fetal alcohol syndrome is pandemic in the nation as well as crack babies, etc. You never hear of fetal pot syndrome (although pregnant mothers should not smoke pot or anything else for that matter, or drink or take any drugs. Legalizing pot would greatly cut down on organized crime just as ending prohibition did. Good lord.

To: SiouxPal who wrote (167082)	5/6/2009 1:32:50 PM
From: Wharf Rat	Respond to of 362847

Nate Silver: The End of Car Culture It's not just erratic gas prices and a bad economy that's hurting automakers. It may be that Americans are changing. By Nate Silver HIGHLY UNUSUAL BEHAVIOR We are driving a lot less in this country, even less than one would have expected in a bad economy with fluctuating gas prices. The graph above charts 1) actual miles driven per capita in America during each January for the last thirty years and 2) how many miles per capita we could have been expected to drive based on my model, which accounts for changes in population, gas prices, unemployment rates, and other factors. The downward trend last year was stark. Indeed, Americans have rarely cut back on their driving so consistently for so long. This is surely one of the signs of the apocalypse: Americans aren't driving as much as they used to. esquire.com