Oh Toni - I do beg to differ.  Unfortunately, the offspring
of users of drugs (illicit and otherwise) are often
tragically impaired.  Physical, cognitive, and emotional
disabilities are common among babies/children of
drug-addicted mothers.  And the behavioral problems these
children exhibit impact everyone with whom they come into
contact...  in their homes, schools (where taxpayers must
foot the bill for their special education..., siphoning off
precious funds which could be used for enhancing the
educations of other children.  I don't begrudge the services
provided to the children, but the fact remains that drugs
have had a VERY visible effect...

I grieve for the loss of species as well... This isn't about
chosing ivory or drugs.  They're both horrible problems on
our fragile planet.

Clay

Clay Blackwell
Lynchburg, VA, USA

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Toni Hawryluk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

 > > As to the smuggling, what is a little ivory compared to
the tons of drugs.
> > Tom Andrews
>
> "A little ivory" has decimated several non-human
> species almost to extinction - drugs, on the
> other hand, have had no visible effect on the supply
> of humans that are littering the earth with their
> pollution - and themselves . . .
>
> Toni in Seattle
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