Re: We're royally fucked -- It's Debateable

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Subject: Re: We're royally fucked

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Alan

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Date Posted: 07:25:04 06/30/02 Sun
In reply to: Astrid 's message, "Re: We're royally fucked" on 10:10:14 06/29/02 Sat

>>Not with them doing any of those things. If they
>>shine the flashlight around and look for drugs, that I
>>have a problem with.
>
>Then I think what you really have a problem with is
>the drug laws, not privacy laws.

Well, no. I don't want them shining the flashlight around looking for dead bodies either. Just check the licence, registration, and insurance, and give a breathalyzer test if you want--but no searching.

I would agree with
>you--I want to take the profits from drugs out of the
>hands of criminals. I am not exactly sure how to do
>that, because the rest of the world (US esp.) is so
>adamantly opposed to it.

It's really more the US against the rest of the world. A recent Rolling Stone article noted that in the EU, only Sweden, Norway and Finland emulate US policy of locking up small time users. (What a breakdown--I was really impressed by Sweden and Finland when I visited there)

Alan

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