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To: chance33_98
why risk legal profits to avoid the relatively small costs of legally handling pollutants?

Why risk massive jail time, losing everything you own, and so forth for some crack

Who risks that---the dealer? He's not looking to get wasted but to make big profits.

when there are plenty of legal ways to get wasted?

"Plenty"? There's alcohol, if you're looking for a depressant and don't mind vomiting and hangovers. What are some other of these "plenty of ways"?

20 posted on 06/17/2003 6:53:23 AM PDT by MrLeRoy (The legitimate powers of government extend to such acts only as are injurious to others. - Jefferson)
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To: MrLeRoy; chance33_98
"why risk legal profits to avoid the relatively small costs of legally handling pollutants?"

Because if MJ were legal, it would be grown outside in the dirt. No need for generators to power underground growrooms.

21 posted on 06/17/2003 6:58:51 AM PDT by Vigilantcitizen
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To: MrLeRoy
"Plenty"? There's alcohol, if you're looking for a depressant and don't mind vomiting and hangovers. What are some other of these "plenty of ways"?

Like drugs there are varying levels of alcohol, beer, whiskey, wine, mixed drinks, etc. Yes, not exactly a plethora of choices, but you can choose your strength and flavor, as well as amount.

Who risks that---the dealer? He's not looking to get wasted but to make big profits.

I have no sympathy for either the dealers or the users. As I have said before, if you don't like the law work within the framework set up to change it. These folks are choosing not to do so. While they expect the rest of soceity to abide by the laws they choose to simply ignore them because they have no self control. If they want to do so to make a political statement, fine. But when you know the consequences, however wrong some may see them, and you go ahead and do it than you have no one but yourself to blame.

You want to end the wod, fine with me. I have no problem with like minded people gathering to change a law they see as wrong. We wouldn't need a wod if people who wanted to do drugs spent their time working within the system to change the law instead of running around breaking them.

I don't like the change in the abortion law. I am not going to go around bombing abortion clinincs, it only hurts the cause. Addicts who run around justifying their crime because of the high price of drugs, due to the wod, aren't helping their cause either.

People are willing to kill, steal, etc just to get money to get high on - do we blame the person who is doing the act, or do we take the liberal stance and blame someone else?

33 posted on 06/17/2003 7:32:42 AM PDT by chance33_98 (www.hannahmore.com -- Shepherd Of Salisbury Plain is online, more to come! (my website))
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