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To: muawiyah
Take a trip to Jamaica and tell the doctor that his eyes are telling him lies.

I've been to Jamaica. I'd guess that abject poverty, an almost unimaginable gap between the rich and the poor (i.e., hardly any noticeable middle class), and public/official corruption has more to do with the crime rate in Jamaica than does the use of marijuana.

73 posted on 11/28/2005 9:36:38 AM PST by Hemingway's Ghost (Spirit of '75)
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To: Hemingway's Ghost

Not all poor people become criminals. Try again.


74 posted on 11/28/2005 9:38:28 AM PST by muawiyah (u)
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To: Hemingway's Ghost
I've been to Jamaica. I'd guess that abject poverty, an almost unimaginable gap between the rich and the poor (i.e., hardly any noticeable middle class), and public/official corruption has more to do with the crime rate in Jamaica than does the use of marijuana.

Funny, isn't it, how these guys have shown no interest in discussing other factors that might lead to a high crime rate? A high unemployment rate, an uneducated populace, and a lack of official action have nothing to do with it. It's the pot.

76 posted on 11/28/2005 10:01:21 AM PST by JTN ("We must win the War on Drugs by 2003." - Dennis Hastert, Feb. 25 1999)
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To: Hemingway's Ghost

Bingo. Does anyone remember their science education at all? Remember the concept of controls. Now, in this doctor's observations of the effects of marijuana on behavior, tell me exactly what is and is not controlled?

Sorry, but horseshit dressed up as science is still horseshit.


207 posted on 11/29/2005 1:16:06 PM PST by jayef
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