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To: Reagan Man
I think to a degree they are interchangable, at least when you apply politics to them both. Politics runs throughout our society and since government is an offshoot of civilized society, the two can be viewed as one in many many aspects.

To a degree, yes. As an absolute, no. Actions that are taken by self-serving bureaucrats that have no, or very little basis in societal concerns do not deserve support. Marijuana prhoibition was the creation of government, and support for it within society was artificially created by the government. Government is a creation of civilized society. Civilized society is not a creation of government.

From FDR's heavy handed manipulation of the USSC, to Harry Anslinger's lies to Congress, to Richard Nixon's commissioning research and then burying it when it didn't turn out like he wanted, marijuana prohibition has been a seedy (no pun intended) chapter in American politics and no amount of moral rationalizing will make it right.

129 posted on 05/16/2002 1:11:33 PM PDT by tacticalogic
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To: tacticalogic
Marijuana prhoibition was the creation of government, and support for it within society was artificially created by the government.

I grew up in NYCity, in the 1950`s, 1960`s and into the early 1970`s. Its simply not true, that marijuana prohibiton was an artificial creation of government. Since the earliest civilized society, the people, through their (representative) government, have been placing restrictions on certain aspects of life. Through thousands of years, society has more often then not, placed reasonable restrictions on people, through basic moral and ethical considerations.

158 posted on 05/16/2002 2:07:10 PM PDT by Reagan Man
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