How many of those in jail for drugs are helpless Grandma's and teenagers? Simple question, do the drug laws deter usage? What else are they supposed to do? I suppose we should eliminate laws against theft too since they would also fail your definition of success.
-Gary j m g said the following on 8/25/2005 3:08 PM: >I don't think locking up grandma and idiot teenagers is the mark of a >successful policy. > >On 8/25/05, Gary Udstrand <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >>Of course it is up to you to define successful? >> >>-Gary >> >> >> >>Thane Sherrington said the following on 8/25/2005 3:07 PM: >> >> >> >>>At 04:56 PM 25/08/2005, Gary Udstrand wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>>>Your problem is you have failed to define working. If by working you >>>>mean are they acting as a deterrent, then they are working. If you are >>>>defining working as the complete eradication of drugs from society then >>>>you are creating nothing more than a canard. >>>> >>>> >>>I think working is pretty easy to define: A free society where people >>>take responsibility for their actions, and tax dollars aren't wasted >>>on things that are completely unsuccessful. >>> >>>T >>> >>> >> >> > > > >
