From: ghost_of_morphy@morphyisamongus.com   
      
   There were no laws against them.  People may have been just as   
   corrupt, greedy, and willing to take advantage of others weaknesses,   
   but it took laws against drugs to turn the owner of the local opium   
   den into a full fledged industry dedicated to circumventing the laws.   
      
      
   On 17 Nov 2003 07:33:38 GMT, nadacomin@aol.com (Nadacomin) wrote:   
      
   >I have a question, for people out there who know thier history.   
   >Why wasn't there a drug problem, or a war on drugs in ancient and medieval   
   >times?   
   >Substances such as marijuana, opiates, psychedlics and other drugs were known   
   >about in ancient times.   
   >People in those days were just as corrupt, greedy, and, willing to take   
   >advantage of other people's weaknesses, back then, so, why don't we hear of a   
   >drug problem from back in those days?   
      
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