Utah's rather unusual, for exactly that reason. The Latter Day Saints take a dim view of any mind-altering substance.
-Adam P. J. Alling wrote: > Utah at least banned Marijuana because the Mormon Church took a dim view > of it's use by Mormons... > > Adam Maas wrote: >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> >> >>> In a message dated 5/8/2007 6:54:00 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: >>> "Everything not prohibited is mandatory!" The only reason drugs were >>> made illegal in the US is because good old J Edgar Hoover blackmailed >>> them into making them illegal so he would not have to disband the FBI >>> when prohibition was ended. Orwell had no imagination. >>> >>> >>> ========== >>> Think that's it? I've often wondered by whom and when some drugs were made >>> illegal. Since many like the cocaine in coke, opium in laudanum, etc. were >>> legal for a long, long time. >>> >>> Marnie aka Doe >>> >>> >>> >> The banning of Marijuana is at least indirectly related to racism (it >> was seen as a 'Negro Vice' in the first half of the 20th century). >> >> Some are still legal from prescription sources (cocaine is used >> occasionally for medicine, Morphine is actually made from opium). >> >> -Adam >> >> >> > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
