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From: "Tom Reese"
Subject: Re: Coke bubbles in anger over picture
No one is denying that the drugs are coming in. I agree with many others
who believe that they should be legalized and sold at a pharmacy. The
gangsters would lose most of their business and the profits could pay for
the rehab centers.
I heard a thing on a CBC progam called "Ideas" on night about this.
The person being interviewed figured that if cocaine was made legal, the
crack problem would disappear overnight, the street price of a days supply
of addiction would drop to the point where a mimimum wage earner could
afford the habit, the secondary crime problems (armed robbery, B&E) related
to coke use would pretty much go away, and the addiction rates would rise
slightly as more people were willing to experiment and get hooked.
Also, by decriminalizing the product, one could set up legal rehabs to help
people get off the stuff if they so desired, which right now they can't
really do effectively.
He made a very convincing arguement for, if not legalizing, at least
decriminalizing the stuff.
Do we have any Dutch list members who can comment on their experiment with
decriminalizing pot use?
William Robb
