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To: Sam Hill
Laugh all you want, many more lives would be saved if the WOD ended today. About half of all violent deaths in our country can be attributed to the black market in drugs. Without the black market drugs, those violent deaths would be reduced significantly.

While it is true that some die from their drug usage, the overwhelming majority do not. Approx. 30 million people have used a controlled substance within the last 12 months, with deaths from overdoses and drug interactions totaling less than 15,000. And many of those deaths would be prevented with drugs legalized, as more info would avaiable to the drug user in preventing these mishaps.

But you go on with your merry little war that creates far more destruction to the fabric of society than recreational drug use could ever do. You and your ilk make distictions when there are no differences. Alcohol is a drug, just like these other things. You and your ilk support injustice in the law by insisting that alcohol users be treated differently than users of other mood altering substances. But that doesn't bother you and your ilk. It's all about self-righteous power and control.

Laugh it up all you want. The road to hell is paved with good intentions. You and your ilk are doing the paving here.

146 posted on 11/22/2006 10:07:48 AM PST by Unknown Pundit (I really do post with a paper bag over my head.)
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To: Sam Hill

Someone's been drinking the ilk of human kindness.


155 posted on 11/22/2006 10:22:30 AM PST by Mamzelle
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To: Unknown Pundit
It's all about self-righteous power and control.

Hate to say it, but you've got something here. Some people get a real rush out of having authority of some kind over others. It's one of those nasty things about human nature that really could undo our republic in the future.
194 posted on 11/22/2006 11:09:04 AM PST by JamesP81 (If you have to ask permission from Uncle Sam, then it's not a right)
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