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To: MrLeRoy
There are millions of hard drug users in the US right now.If these substances were legal and readily available,even more would be using them.But I agree the war on drugs is not fair to responsible citizens.I favor legal access for those already addicted.Widespread availability would be a nightmare.Maybe cancel the WOD and legalize drugs for those aldeady addicted.
45 posted on 10/18/2002 3:26:38 PM PDT by Rocksalt
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To: Rocksalt
If these substances were legal and readily available, even more would be using them.

Not necessarily; the fact that alcohol use rose during the last several years of Prohibition shows that there is no ironclad correlation between legal status and level of use. Do you have evidence to support your claim?

But I agree the war on drugs is not fair to responsible citizens. I favor legal access for those already addicted.

Legal access for those already addicted does not address my question: "how is it moral or just to impose all the costs (monetary and otherwise) of the War On Some Drugs on responsible citizens in order to protect irresponsible ones from their own irresponsibility?" That would still place the remaining costs (monetary and otherwise) of the War On Some Drugs on responsible citizens in order to protect irresponsible ones from their own irresponsibility.

46 posted on 10/21/2002 8:08:51 AM PDT by MrLeRoy
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