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To: a fool in paradise
I'm all for ending welfare - but not for using that as an excuse for continuing to enrich criminals with the War on Drugs.

Can’t smoke tobacco without breaking a bunch of rules (selling to minors, smuggling them in from Indian reservations, salvaging them from flooded warehouses, smoking indoors, smoking in a car, smoking in the presence of children, smoking at home if your employer prohibits it).

With few exceptions (such as Vegas and New Orleans) can’t buy liquor every day at the store. Can’t buy beer at the store except in restricted house. Can’t buy it at a bar 24-7. Can’t buy it if you are underage. Can’t distill spirits on your own. A beer missing from a six-pack is an “open container” if you leave the other 5 beers in the box or plastic rings. Can be busted in public for “public intoxication” if you purchase and consume more than 2 adult beverages in an hour...

The list goes on and on.

The ship has sailed.

Which ship is that? I support regulation of legalized-for-adults drugs - and the regulations you cite have not enriched criminals to anywhere near the degree the War on Drugs has.

Attempting the end the welfare state AFTER the drug door is opened will never happen.

The ship has sailed: the drug door opened when Prohibition ended.

51 posted on 04/01/2013 8:56:22 AM PDT by JustSayNoToNannies ("The Lord has removed His judgments against you" - Zep. 3:15)
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To: JustSayNoToNannies

Ummm, Prohibition was at least Constitutionally passed both times.

I’m continually astounded that on a site such as FR, there are still those that give Fedzilla a pass (not saying you).

#1 should ALWAYS be, does it fit with A1S8 powers? But, no. Most of the time it’s “Does it gore MY ox?” or “Does it make ME sleep better at night?”

Sad


53 posted on 04/01/2013 10:32:40 AM PDT by i_robot73 (We hold that all individuals have the Right to exercise sole dominion over their own lives - LP.org)
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