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Subject:	Re: If you oppose drug legalization, you support terrorism!
Newsgroups:	lugnet.off-topic.debate
Date:	Wed, 6 Feb 2002 09:40:16 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Christopher L. Weeks writes: > In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Ross Crawford writes: > > Your implication here (and I guess John's before you) is that because some > people use cocaine irresponsibly, we should make it illegal. What about > alcohol? What about tobacco? What about cars? Or telephones or computers or > paperclips? What about box cutters or airplanes? Should everything be > illegal? Maybe you're right, Chris. I just can't get past seeing a friend's family breaking up because they were always arguing about money, when they had a combined tobacco habit of about $200/w. Sure, criminalising tobacco wouldn't have helped. It's interesting that he's now kicked the habit (she still smokes though). So I guess what really bugs me about most recreational drugs is I've never seen them have a positive affect on families. I guess that doesn't mean they never do, though. But happy families seem to be pretty rare these days, and you have to wonder if that's a significant factor in the increasing violence (including terrorism). Should cocaine (etc) be legalised? I really can't see it making much difference. Maybe the drug lords will make less money for a while, but is it worth it if the drugs do nothing positive anyway? But, as you say, it would increase the police resources available in other areas, which sounds good to me. I guess I'll have to mull over it for a while. Note that I'm speaking as someone who's experience of recreational drugs is limited to caffeine, alcohol & grass (which I haven't used for >10 years). They all make you feel good for a short while, but I'm convinced they all have bad long-term effects. As you say, that doesn't mean they should be illegal though. ROSCO

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		Re: If you oppose drug legalization, you support terrorism!
(...) Wow! How much do cigarettes cost? Isn't that like what it would cost to have three lit simultaneously, 24 hours per day? I suspect that they had deeper problems of which smoking and arguing were merely symptoms. It is a shame to see any family (...) (22 years ago, 6-Feb-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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		Re: If you oppose drug legalization, you support terrorism!
(...) Yeah. After I sent that, I didn't like the way I'd worded it. (...) Sure! So things in general should be set up to motivate people to do good, or not motivate them at all and let their inherent goodness rise to the surface. (...) or (...) (...) (22 years ago, 5-Feb-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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