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   XPost: nyc.politics, alt.impeach.bush, alt.politics.usa.republicans   
   XPost: austin.politics   
   From: pxhxz@cadence.com   
      
   In article <919599a8-a23f-40bd-8c52-96f94e60ba25@s38g2000prg.googlegroups.com>   
   M_P  writes:   
   >On Mar 25, 2:28=A0pm, px...@cadence.com (Pete nospam Zakel) wrote:   
   >> In article <28ae7bca-3359-466b-8be4-e2af7194f...@x1g2000prh.googlegroups.=   
   >com> M_P  writes:   
      
   >> >You believe what you want ... =A0no credible evidence has been presented   
   >> >that "education about the effects of drug abuse can curtail drug use."   
   >>   
   >> The reduction in tobacco use in the United States is largely a result of   
   >> education. =A0Laws against smoking in certain buildings, etc., also help,=   
   > but   
   >> the tobacco use rate was going down before those laws were put in place, =   
   >and   
   >> that was almost completely due to education about the dangers of tobacco.   
      
   >Good point. Of course, as I recall education about the dangers of   
   >tobacco didn't include showing a kid shooting his friend while under   
   >the influence of tobacco, so "education about the effects of drug   
   >abuse" needs to be carefully defined.   
      
   Yeah, the education should be truthful.   
      
   A kid shooting a friend while under the influence is much more likely to   
   happen with alcohol than with any illegal drug.   
      
   -Pete Zakel   
    (phz@seeheader.nospam)   
      
   "Professor Gorden Newell threw another shutout in last week's Chem.   
    Eng.  130 midterm.  Once again a student did not receive a single point   
    on his exam.  Newell has now tossed 5 shutouts this quarter.  Newell's   
    earned exam average has now dropped to a phenomenal 30%."   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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