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To: Gersh Avery who wrote (97880)	4/12/2015 9:58:46 AM
From: robert b furman	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 103300

I think the system should neither support the black market nor support the sin products. I say legalize the sin products tax the heck out of them and let the individual decide if he/she wants to be a drunk, druggie, derelict. Alcohol is taxed and the government makes huge revenue off of it and its abusers -think DUI fines. Pot and drugs the government spends huge outlies on its prevention and it has never been curtailed. Tax the heck out of it - impose strict penalties and fines. How much taxes are lost by not legalizing it - read that the revenue gains by just Colorado. Not to mention how many people travel there to enjoy pot with out going to jail like they would in their home state? Then think about how much we spend keeping losers in jail ? I'm not saying any of it is good and all of it is bad ! As a country we should not be telling people how to live. We are in the land of the free right? Not really - do gooders have been passing laws (very ineffective to those who desire a different lifestyle) that curb the freedom of choice based on their individual viewpoints. Unintended consequences! Urban black areas where 40 % of the working age male population have been thrown in Jail for cocaine abuse (Milwaukee and it isn't a problem just there). This prevents them from getting a job and they are on social welfare forever. These laws are full of unintended consequences and they have huge costs. Let people enjoy what they desire. If they want to be a drunk so be it. If they want to be a druggie - so be it. That is not to support those outcomes - in fact it is correct to diminish that outcome. The final outcome has to be a decision made from with in - the freedom to survive or die is very personal. Choose wisely is the best practice. The fight against drugs is well intended, but by any standard a huge failure - there is a reason to that. Surely it wasn't the result of many laws making it illegal. Bob .

To: Gersh Avery who wrote (97880)	4/12/2015 11:14:10 AM
From: Honey_Bee	2 Recommendations Recommended By John Stephen O Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 103300

Please stop harassing me on this subject. You simply do not interest me enough to persuade me to waste any more time reading your posts directed at me on the subject of legalizing dangerous drugs so that dopers can DRIVE to the local market and buy it. It's not that you are boring, it's that you are beyond reasoning with -- so why would I want to detail the myriads of reasons why the world you are working for is not the world I want my family to live in. I hoped that my short and cryptic replies would give you the hint without my having to spell it out for you -- guess not....I can easily figure out why. So focus your destructive agenda on someone who might be persuaded to sacrifice the well-being of her family and, indeed, the culture, on the altar of smoking pot.