> I am not for people taking drugs. I > am for decriminalizing the taking of drugs and putting access to drugs > under state control, somewhat like access to alcohol is under state control > in Canada, though more stringently.
How would this look in practice? Consumption of drugs only under gov't supervision? Hardly practical, and even that would strongly increase overall consumption. Good luck for the economy then. And what would that mean in a situation like NOLA ? The gov't can't even provide food. So with legal (i.e. wide-spread) consumption of hard drugs, you'd have a two-digit percentage (how about 90%) of the population running amok as crazed drug addicts in search of stuff... And go figure government officials planting and selling hard drugs (or should they buy them from the Taliban, pardon Northern Alliance?) -- that can hardly be in the interest of taxpayers. Chris ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ SpamWall: Mail to this addy is deleted unread unless it contains the keyword "igve". _______________________________________________ Futurework mailing list [email protected] http://fes.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework
