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To: backtothestreets
Prohibition failed because it could not stop the use

Is there any reason to think use of other drugs can be stopped by government?

250 posted on 06/22/2005 8:20:25 PM PDT by Know your rights (The modern enlightened liberal doesn't care what you believe as long as you don't really believe it.)
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To: Know your rights
"Is there any reason to think use of other drugs can be stopped by government?"

Ideally, yes.  Realistically, no.  The best the government will ever accomplish is varying degrees of management.  Nonetheless, we do have laws.  If those laws are to be changed, it must not be by way of civil disobedience, but by getting involved in the processes outlined in the Constitution.

I'll take that further.  Though I have opinions on what I think would work best, I would not break the present law in an effort to change the law from outside the Constitutional process.  Likewise, if I ran for office, and were elected based on my desire to change existing laws, I would be duty bound to uphold the law on the books, even if my proposals were never accepted.  This is where most of our elected run afoul of me.  They do not accept the full responsibility of the offices they have sworn to uphold.

271 posted on 06/22/2005 9:44:35 PM PDT by backtothestreets
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