Replies

Most of the time it IS left up to the states. But just as kidnapping turns from a local to a Federal matter when the victim is transported across state lines, so the Feds get involved when dope trafficking does, too.

It's not being left up to the states! If a state passes a law permitting the medical dispaensing of any scheduled drug, as several have, the federosaurus will pull any prescribing doctor's license to practice.

I use to be for legalization merely to get the crime and the big bucks out of the drug trade. However, I finally decided I did not want to pay taxes to support all those drug addicted maligners who won't or can't work because they have to do drugs. I don't want to pay for raising their children or for agencies to come in and be sure the children are fed or are not murdered in a drug induced state by their loving mother and father.

I finally decided that since we can't depend on people to be smart enough to know that drugs are slave masters that will rule the lives of those opening the gate from then on, how would it help to make the slave master's product cheaper so more people could use their deep intellect to CHOOSE to willfully live their lives looking for the next fix?

This society needs productive healthy people - not dopeheads draining society.

202 posted on 9/3/02 1:53 PM Pacific by ClancyJ