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To: freeus who wrote (152)	6/29/1998 7:09:00 PM
From: Mike P.	Respond to of 13057

drug use is only damaging to the user, it damages no one else. does everyone here believe that. i concede. thanks again for the dialogue.

To: freeus who wrote (152)	6/29/1998 7:17:00 PM
From: capitalistbeatnik	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 13057

This argument won't work with authoritarians. I found one that will. Here it goes: anyone who knows anything about war knows that espionage is critical to victory. I would like to know any scenario in which we could possibly win the battle of double agents. How many US law enforcement officers have been bought out by the Colombians vs. how many Colombians we have bought off to snitch? They can raise the stakes a lot higher than we can i.e. give more money than Ross Perot or wipe out your entire family than the CIA or the DEA can possibly pressure a spy. As long as there is big US demand, there will be more money and guns talking on the other side with more willingness to use it. The drug war is simply unwinnable, according to Sun Tzu.

To: freeus who wrote (152)	6/30/1998 1:41:00 AM
From: CMS27	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 13057

>>Drug use is only damaging to the individual user. It damages no one else.<< Drug use can and does lead to health problems, public safety probems and family breakups. Everything from insurance, both health and property, to welfare, to the rearing of our youth is affected by drug use and thus all of society is affected. Unfortunately an individuals right to choose what they want to do with thier lives and bodies cannot be decoupled from how the society is structured and that individuals responsibilty as a member of the society. If messing up one's body and mind with drugs leads to the suffering of society, then it has to be illegal... one could say for the "common good". Scott