Conster <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in part: >Don't you think Organized Crime would still raise it's vile head in a >situation where they could legally made loads of drugs and control the >market? I don't see why they wouldn't just because it was legalized.
What makes you think they could control a market otherwise dominated by Roche, Pfizer, Johnson & Johnson, Sandoz, etc.? Once in a while one hears of the Mob moving in on some legitimate industry, and becoming a minor player. Like a few decades ago when they tried to strong-arm distributors & retailers into carrying an inferior brand of laundry detergent that you probably never heard of. (The episode was apparently made fun of in a TV commercial for Dash.) And here & there they do manage for a while to control certain small industries in certain cities, like pizza dough and dry cleaners. But is that a major problem? >>Based on the alcohol experience, one would reasonably expect a similar thing >>to occur if drugs were treated in a manner similar to alcohol. Incidentally, after repeal some hoods DID try to stay in the liquor business and operate it crooked. They flopped. >The problem would still remain however, because if we legalized any of >these drugs, is it suggested that there would be an age limit? Preferably not. But I know of know evidence that psychoactive agents, titrated for the desired effect, are any worse for kids than adults. In fact, they probably have fewer adverse consequences because children don't drive cars or operate heavy machinery. In Your Sly Tribe, Robert _______________________________________________ Libnw mailing list [email protected] List info and subscriber options: http://immosys.com/mailman/listinfo/libnw Archives: http://immosys.com/mailman//pipermail/libnw
