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To: Jane4IceCream who wrote (160815)	7/20/2009 10:26:56 PM
From: Skywatcher	1 Recommendation Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 173976

WOW...you mean like most Americans... over the counter under the counter Over the bar over the counter of liquor stores Kids on Prozac Cancer patients on massive quantities of prescriptions it's AMERICA one way or the other legalize it get rid of the MAFIA get rid of the TALIBAN keep democracy alive by saying NO to MONEY and DRUGS tax it and get over it uk.reuters.com more people die from alcohol related death than any other hands down..let alone the families destroyed by it... the women beaten by it's influence

To: Jane4IceCream who wrote (160815)	7/21/2009 1:12:29 AM
From: one_less	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 173976

I don't care that those guys do drugs. They don't seem to be hurting anyone with their party habits. People can do whatever they want to get into the frame of mind they want as far as I'm concerned. I would be fine with legalization too, even though tea or coffee is the limit for me. My recommendation if any body asked (nobody does) would be not to do drugs. The biggest problem I have with it is making drug use a test of fellowship for membership in broader lifestyle and culture. Then it becomes cult like by pressuring people to get involved in things that aren't good for them, just to fill the belongingness need. People who think its good for everybody else to be stoned, or drunk, are simply wrong. People do all kinds of things they regret under the influence of drugs and some of those are devastating to lives. Whatever you ingest should be a personal and educated choice...with responsible parental guidance for children of course. JMO FWIW, I have worked with teens who move in the drug culture and was surprised when I gave a writing assignment about the future, that some of them, the druggie kids, would design a future with no drugs. They were probably children of guys just like that. The straight kids were the least likely to even bring it up in their stories. They were all just asked to write a back to the future type story, there was no guidelines from me about drugs or anything.