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To: CurlyDave
"But, legalizing drugs would remove their source of income."

When you say "legalizing drugs" you mean all drugs, including prescription drugs, to all ages. You do realize that any drug not legalized will be sold to all ages by the gangs. Legalizing all drugs is not a real high priority for oh, maybe 99% of the American people.

Assuming we did legalize all drugs, gangs would simply get into the exporting business, reversing the current pipeline, illegally exporting our legal drugs to countries where they remain illegal.

Or they'd get into smuggling cigarettes, people, human organs, guns, whatever. What they will NOT do is get a real job.

12 posted on 08/05/2006 9:26:34 AM PDT by robertpaulsen
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To: robertpaulsen
paulsen 'hypes' the issue:

When you say "legalizing drugs" you mean all drugs, including prescription drugs, to all ages.

Idiotic conclusion. Licensed drug stores would still sell the now legal 'recreational' drugs, just as liquor stores sell booze.

You do realize that any drug not legalized will be sold to all ages by the gangs.

So? - They could and would do this now, if there was a profit; -- that's how black markets operate bobbie.

Legalizing all drugs is not a real high priority for oh, maybe 99% of the American people.

So you prohibitionists hype.

Assuming we did legalize all drugs, gangs would simply get into the exporting business, reversing the current pipeline, illegally exporting our legal drugs to countries where they remain illegal.

Another idiotic conclusion. You're assuming that gangs could get the drugs wholesale from a tightly regulated market. Dream on.

Or they'd get into smuggling cigarettes, people, human organs, guns, whatever. What they will NOT do is get a real job.

Yep, in paulsens delusional world prohibitions on guns, cigarettes, drugs, whatever; -- forces people to get a "real job".

In actuality he's begging the question.

24 posted on 08/05/2006 12:46:39 PM PDT by tpaine
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