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To: Brumar89 who wrote (651301)	4/13/2012 1:37:50 PM
From: i-node	2 Recommendations Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 1580032

Here's a NYT oped on prohibition's successes: I wouldn't argue there wasn't some good done by Prohibition, there certainly was. But the more important point IMO is personal liberty. We're either a free country or we're not. If the government tells us we can't drink alcohol, smoke pot, practice religion as we choose -- vocally, if that's what we want, run or patronize a brothel, have six wives, grow peyote in my back yard, or any of countless other activities that are none of the government's business, I'm not sure you can call us a free country. (BTW -- none of these are things I have the slightest interest in doing). I don't think dangerous drugs should be sold at convenience stores. But legal marijuana is demonstrably NOT a dangerous drug. Marijuana is dangerous only because it is illegal and therefore unregulated, just as bathtub gin was. I'm really sick of being stuck between Republicans AND Democrats trying to run our lives. While Democrats want to take our money and piss it away, Republicans want to impose ridiculous moral restraints on our behavior. One is just as bad as the other.