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Date Posted: 00:07:17 02/17/02 Sun
Author: New Blood
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Cayman's War On Drugs
In reply to: MF 's message, "War on Drugs?" on 20:57:32 02/15/02 Fri

Government does nothing well. Have no controls over drugs other than registering and signing for them. The same should be done for tobacco and alcohol. That way the usage and abuse could be tracked and appropriate steps taken to treat and rehabilitate those who indulge in them. For those who cannot handle the substances, the proof of purchase would be a public record, and the case made for reckless endangerment if any accidents happen.

Charge the same sin taxes that you impose upon the other vices. The revenues collected should then be exclusively used to treat the problem, not for general revenues. The war is over, and was lost long ago.

New Blood, new ideas

>I have to disagree with Government controlling the
>supply. Show me something else it does well. They
>would probably view it as a revenue measure. In a free
>market cocaine could cost the same as sugar, eighty
>cents for five pounds.
>
>You are allowed to throw away your life on alcohol,
>tobacco, twinkies, diabetes, and to contract aids
>through unprotected sex and still get treatment, what
>is the problem with people throwing away their lives
>on drugs? Let Darwin work.
>
>I think everyone who can be convinced to not use dugs
>already has. Declare a victory and go home. The public
>suffers more misery at the hands of addicts stealing
>to afford an expensive habit and drug lords killing to
>protect their profits. If drugs were affordable
>addicts could do odd jobs and eat coconuts. Who would
>break in to a police station to steal drugs if they
>cost the same as sugar?
>
>Sure there would be addicts suffering from their
>addiction and young lives would be lost. 1000 people
>die every day in the US from disease directly related
>to smoking. Where is the war on tobacco? 500 die every
>day from heart disease related to what they eat. Where
>is the war on Twinkies?
>
>(Pardon the pasted previous message, lets get this
>moving!)

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