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To: Neocon who wrote (2667)	5/8/1999 11:22:00 PM
From: Mama Bear	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 13056

" if the ban is warranted, then they are not innocent for violating it Completely circular logic. We make it illegal because we're scared you might do something wrong because of it, and violated your rights, but we'll pacify ourselves with the delusion that because you broke our unwarranted law that you're guilty. "Alcohol is indeed pharmacologically different enough than most of the banned substances. The effect of heroin is obviously much more powerfully incapacitating and addictive. Neocon, you are incorrect. Alcohol is as addictive as heroin, and I can't see how someone passed out in their own bodily fluids can be any more incapacitated. If you've never seen a drunk like that, you really must live a secluded life. If you think that every person that snorts a line of heroin (yes, snort. One can also smoke heroin) gets addicted or ends up passed out you're uninformed about reality. Your position is unsupported by evidence. Reality is a little different than the drug warriors would lead you to believe. Yes, opium poppies and coca can both be grown in this country. Of course that person that produced bathtub gin in your example grew the sugar cane or whatever grain was needed? How does one produce yeast? If the person producing bathtub gin acquired these ingredients from outside producers, what's the difference if the cocaine producer obtains the raw materials from an outside source? "A criminal is someone who breaks the law. I see. So you think the folks that ran the Underground Railroad in the 1850s were nothing but common criminals, right? Barb