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To: MadameAxe
Any reckless behavior that endangers other should be stopped.

Most crimes and traffic fatalities involving drugs, I'll wager, start with someone getting high in their own home. It's the intoxication that impairs his or her judgement.

Legalizing drugs will dramatically increase the number of addicts and the number killed by addicts. How many more people are you willing to sacrifice so losers can have the "right" and "freedom" to get high?

88 posted on 02/02/2002 1:09:59 PM PST by Ol' Sparky
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To: Ol' Sparky
Legalizing drugs will dramatically increase the number of addicts and the number killed by addicts.

Ridiculous. What idiot would run off and addict themselves to drugs just because they're legal? Should we make it illegal to stand on top of buildings, since we might go near the edge and fall off?

You never answered my previous question. Is it your premise that alcohol must be criminalized?

If so, then how do you suggest we pay for all the police and jails that would be needed to enforce such a prohibition? Perhaps FedGov should take 75% of our income in taxes to accomplish this wonderful drug and alcohol free Utopia?

If not, then why do you suppose that criminalizing the use of drugs other than alcohol works any better than Prohibition did?

90 posted on 02/02/2002 2:20:26 PM PST by MadameAxe
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