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Politics : Did Slick Boink Monica? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: jlallen who wrote (14214)4/20/1998 11:13:00 PM
From: Lady Lurksalot  Read Replies (3) | Respond to of 20981
 
JLA,

Obviously, exorbitant "sin" taxes have not curbed alcohol or tobacco use.

What many people may not realize is that a great number of people become addicted to drugs by way of prescribed or legal narcotics. There will always be new addicts from that group. Often, they turn to street or illegal sources when their legal sources dry up.

I do not believe that there are vast crowds of potential drug abusers out there waiting for drugs to be decriminalized so that they can use drugs. Clearly, fear of the law has never prevented illegal drug use. It helps also to think of this in terms of the Prohibition Era. There really is no difference.

Holly



To: jlallen who wrote (14214)4/21/1998 9:02:00 AM
From: Janice Shell  Respond to of 20981
 
IMO criminalizing drugs does have some deterrent effect.

Not so sure. It also serves to glamorize substance abuse. Forbidden pleasures and all that.

And the "War on Drugs" is ineffective and costs a fortune. Money that could better be spent in other ways.


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