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To: Karsus
Get serious. The proportionality I cited--marijuana to hard drugs--is much closer than your ridiculously extreme examples. I reiterate--if you're willing to break the law, either the criminal law or that of self-preservation, in a relatively minor way, you're probably ready to break it in a big way. Perhaps that's why Jesus pointed out that he who is willing to be faithful in little things can be trusted with bigger ones.
27 posted on 01/20/2003 6:36:02 PM PST by Hebrews 11:6 (Look it up!)
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To: Hebrews 11:6
Cannabis linked to Biblical Healing
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/2633187.stm
It's a miracle! The sick are well again... and stoned!

"Weed is from the Earth. God put this here for me and you."
- from the movie Friday

30 posted on 01/20/2003 7:01:15 PM PST by superfluousdude
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To: Hebrews 11:6
What is your opinion of strong drink?


What you just said:

"I reiterate--if you're willing to break the law, either the criminal law or that of self-preservation, in a relatively minor way, you're probably ready to break it in a big way"


Your broad, unsupported statement says that if you break ANY minor law you will more than likely break a major law. Do not blame me for what you type.
34 posted on 01/20/2003 7:46:14 PM PST by Karsus (TrueFacts=GOOD, GoodFacts=BAD) Humor)
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To: Hebrews 11:6
The 1999 federal National Household Survey of Drug Abuse provides an estimate of the age of first use of drugs. According to the Household Survey, the mean age of first use of marijuana in the US in 1997 was 17.2 years. The mean age of first use of alcohol in that year, on the other hand, was 16.1 years, and the mean age of first use of cigarettes was 15.4 years old.

Source: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, US Department of Health and Human Services, Summary of Findings from the 1999 National Household Survey on Drug Abuse (Rockville, MD: SAMHSA, August 2000), pp. G-49, G-60 & G-61.

Over 72 million Americans have used marijuana, yet for every 120 people who have ever tried marijuana, there is only one active, regular user of cocaine.

Source: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, US Department of Health and Human Services, National Household Survey on Drug Abuse: Population Estimates 1998 (Washington DC: US Department of Health and Human Services, 1999), pp. 19, 25, 31.

Substance Ever Used Used in Past Year Used in Past Month Number of Frequent Users
Alcohol 184.4 million
81.7%
143.6 million
63.7%
109.0 million
48.3%
46.3 million
20.5%
Tobacco 161.0 million
71.4%
78.6 million
34.8%
66.4 million
29.5%
 N/A
Marijuana 83.2 million
36.9%
21.0 million
9.3%
12.1 million
4.8%
 N/a
Cocaine 27.7 million
12.3%
4.1 million 
1.9%
1.6 million
0.7%
 N/A
Crack 6.2 million
2.8%
1.0
0.3%
0.4
0.2%
* N/A  
Heroin 3.0 million
1.4%
0.45
0.2%
0.12
0.1%
* N/A 

Source: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, US Department of Health and Human Services, Results from the 2001 National Household Survey on Drug Abuse: Volume 1. Summary of National Findings (Rockville, MD: Ofice of Applied Studies, August 2002), p. 109, Table H.1; p. 110, Table H.2; p. 129, Table H.21; and p. 130, Table H.22.

Sorry, not much of a correlation

36 posted on 01/20/2003 9:18:33 PM PST by rb22982
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