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   In article <-sGdnXIlgK_XD6LXnZ2dnUVZ8oSdnZ2d@bt.com> "Aidy"  writes:   
   >"Aidy"  wrote in message   
   >news:G-2dnYaLHr8tDKLXnZ2dnUVZ8vqdnZ2d@bt.com...   
   >> Oh dear.  Ask the people who live in sink estates which is where the   
   >> results of your "out of sight out of mind" "victimless crime" are born out   
   >> and see what they think.   
      
   >Also ask anyone who has been burgled what they think, as I can assure you   
   >that almost everyone who is burgled is burgled for money to pay a drug   
   >habit. (*)   
      
   And on what do you base this assumption?  I would agree that almost everyone   
   who is burgled is burgled for possessions and/or money -- but the leap that   
   almost everyone is burgled for money to pay for a drug habit is a big leap.   
      
   I agree that a large percent of burglaries fund drug habits, but I wouldn't   
   say that legalizing drugs would eliminate burglaries.  It would probably   
   reduce them, though, because part of the reason people burgle for drug habits   
   is because when a drug habit is illegal it requires so much time and effort to   
   maintain it that it is hard to keep a steady job -- not to mention the higher   
   expense for an illegal drug habit.   
      
   Where the drug is legal, though, the majority of those with a habit fund it   
   through gainful employment.  Take a look at tobacco -- one of the most   
   addictive drugs there is -- for an example.   
      
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