XPost: mi.misc, rec.drugs.cannabis, alt.drugs.pot   
   XPost: alt.politics   
   From: bcreidh@comcast.net   
      
   I REALLY  don't want your precious tax dollars, but please stop whining that   
   pot is DRUGS. Have you ever used any cannabis? Or are you another person   
   with an ax to grind because his head is full of the bullshit propoganda that   
   been spewed since 1937? You might be a wonderful person, but the propoganda   
   is just that: bullshit.   
      
   "Ed Stasiak"  wrote in message   
   news:qtFJh.242225$PW4.163527@fe03.news.easynews.com...   
   >> J.D. Baldwin wrote   
   >>> Ed Stasiak wrote   
   >>>   
   >>> IMO the reason pot (and other drugs) won't be legalized/   
   >>> decriminalized in the U.S. is because of the pro-drug crowds   
   >>> insistence on labeling drug addiction as a disease and not a choice.   
   >>   
   >> But we already have a pretty good model for decriminalization of an   
   >> undisputably harmful substance:  ethyl alcohol.  Addiction to ETOH is   
   >> still a "disease" and yet I can go right down the street and purchase   
   >> an effectively unlimited amount of the stuff.   
   >   
   > Not that I disagree with you but for the average American, booze is   
   > booze while pot is DRUGS.   
   >   
   > The vast majority of people grow up watching family members having   
   > a beer or a drink and think nothing of it, pot (and especially other   
   > drugs)   
   > are part of a whole different "culture".   
   >   
   >>> As long as pro-drug groups tie legalization to Euro-style welfare   
   >>> for addicts,   
   >>   
   >> I haven't really seen that.   
   >   
   > You can see a variation of it in this very thread, with this comment   
   > from Phil Stovell;   
   >   
   > "Tax them [drug users] and invest the income in health services."   
   >   
   > Why does the tax generated from the legal sale of various drugs have   
   > to go to health services?  Why can't those dollars go into the general   
   > fund just like the sales tax from lawn mowers, candy bars, etc, with   
   > tax payers getting a tax cut?   
   >   
   > Both the pro and anti-drug people are missing the point; I don't want   
   > my tax dollars pissed away on _either_ of these programs!   
   >   
   >> You know we had that "Euro-style welfare" in this country, right?  But   
   >> drug addiction was dropped as a "disability" according to the federal   
   >> rules back during the second Clinton Administration, and we haven't   
   >> been subsidizing that (directly) for nearly ten years.   
   >   
   > The U.S. has/had tax funded rehab programs, (which I also kinda   
   > oppose) what I'm talking about is the line of reasoning frequently   
   > heard from pro-drug groups;   
   >   
   > "The Drug War costs bazillions of dollars and is a waste of money,   
   > we should legalize/decriminalize drugs and instead _use that money_   
   > to support addicts."   
   >   
   > I fully agree with the first half of that statement but if we're going   
   > to stop funding the Drug War, why the hell would I want my hard   
   > earned tax dollars going to provide drug addicts with free drugs,   
   > a place to live, etc, etc, etc?   
   >   
   > Many on the pro-drug side are no better then those on the anti-drug   
   > side; their only interest is in getting their hands on my tax dollars.   
   >   
      
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