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To: Rob Lyman who wrote (104)	6/29/1998 4:19:00 PM
From: MeDroogies	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 13056

No...that is patently absurd. Libertarians recognize the impaired nature that drug use creates. As such, allowing the use of any type of heavy machinery under the influence would constitute a violation of other people's right to safe passage. That is a punishable crime.

To: Rob Lyman who wrote (104)	6/29/1998 5:05:00 PM
From: Daniel W. Koehler	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 13056

Rob Drinking and driving are both non-tortious activities. If you commit a tort while intoxicated you should punished for the tort not the drunkeness. The flaw I see in our drug interdiction tactics are that they are aimed at the antecedents of behavior rather than the tort. Guns, cars alcohol, drugs are moral neutral antecedents of behavior. Supply based interdiction solutions just increase the black market premium and make them more attractive risk/reward propositions for the unscrupulous. Dan