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----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, November 03, 2003 10:34 AM Subject: RE: [Futurework] The economics of poppydom > Who benefits from the present situation of criminalizing drugs? > > drug dealers > > countries that grow/export drugs > > official police and correctional authorities seeking higher budgets > > Who loses? > > most of society (in particular it is eroding many police departments) > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Sunday, November 2, 2003 8:49 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [Futurework] The economics of poppydom > > > Harry, > > I'm glad we have something on which to agree. > > Bill > > On Sun, 2 Nov 2003 00:51:04 -0800 "Harry Pollard" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Brad, > > > > Actually, the money that is being wasted on the immensely > > expensive War On Drugs could perhaps be put to better use > > rehabilitating the victims. In any event, because the free market > > at present is illegal, obscene profits can be made in drugs and > > there is every incentive to hook as many people as possible. > > > > I saw awhile ago that a drug pusher in junior high school could > > make $200 a week in his trade. Sooner we decriminalize it the > > better. > > > > Harry > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Brad > > McCormick, Ed.D. > > Sent: Saturday, November 01, 2003 4:00 AM > > To: Keith Hudson > > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Re: [Futurework] The economics of poppydom > > > > Keith Hudson wrote: > > > It is little stories that appear in the press -- but which you > > never > > > hear anything more about them -- that give the clues as to some > > of the > > > big issues that are happening under the surface. > > [snip] > > > But will there be a limit to drug use in the developed world or > > will > > > it grow /pari passu /with the growing numbers of the underclass > > -- > > > those who live in inner city boroughs and suburban hellholes? > > I'm > > > inclined to think that drug use will steadily grow, as indeed > > the > > > underclass grows due to the increasing skill divide that is now > > a > > > feature of the employment structure of developed countries' > > economies. > > [snip] > > > > "Economists" and other statistical scientists seem pretty adept > > at predicting things and calculating the amount of such things as > > the "dark matter in the universe". Surely they should be able to > > calculate the amount of dark money in the economy from the > > perturbations of people's observable economic behavior? Kepler > > needed only [if I remember right] 8 minutes of arc to see that > > all previous astronomy was wrong, and to propose the universally > > correct alternative (elliptical vs circular orbits). > > > > I agree that "drugs" should be legalized, and then the persons > > (including myself) who are concerned about how much they are used > > and the effect of this on our society, should use the free market > > to take market share away from "drugs" and redirect it to things > > like persons seeking more education, and redesigning work so that > > persons find satisfaction doing it. > > > > \brad mccormick > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Futurework mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://scribe.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework > > > > > > ________________________________________________________________ > The best thing to hit the internet in years - Juno SpeedBand! > Surf the web up to FIVE TIMES FASTER! > Only $14.95/ month - visit www.juno.com to sign up today! > _______________________________________________ > Futurework mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://scribe.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework > _______________________________________________ > Futurework mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://scribe.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework > _______________________________________________ Futurework mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://scribe.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework
