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   From: bliss@sfo.com   
      
   M_P wrote:   
   > On Jun 26, 2:13 pm, Chim  wrote:   
   >   
   >> If each drug user spent $3 per day on drugs, $50 million per year is   
   >> lost, Hun Sen said   
   >   
   > How is that any more a "loss" than money spent on, say, Pepsi-cola?   
      
   	Or a Starbucks or McDonalds (or whatever fastfood/drink) chains heart   
   attack specials with extra calories of fat and   
   extra caffeine and cheese on the side.   If the money is lost   
   why not find it by bringing drug regulation instead of prohibition   
   and shortly the state will find itself enriched by tax money.   
      
   	In this happy season I have been spending my money on   
   cherries about $12 USD per week and food money is lost to the   
   state as it is only subject to income taxes of the farmer at   
   least in unhappy California.   
      
   	later   
   	bliss		   
      
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