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   In article  "Aidy"  writes:   
   >"Cynic"  wrote in message   
   >news:1j2s455vp2sra0tv9fq8indd173v3tu2io@4ax.com...   
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   >> You might compare it with a case where someone "micky finns" your   
   >> drink at a pub.  Being unaware that the drink conatins far more   
   >> alcohol than you are used to, you can get very drunk without intending   
   >> to get that way.  You might even die from the effects of a far greater   
   >> amount of alcohol than you intended to consume.   
      
   >It's far less likely as your body has control over how it gets into your   
   >system and can ultimayely make you throw up, removing most of the alcohol.   
   >Not quite so when injecting heroin.   
      
   And with legal opioids, it is less likely that people would be injecting   
   heroin as well.   
      
   >> A person who is used to injecting 2% heroin who buys a product that   
   >> (unknown to them) is 10% pure is highly likely to suffer an overdose.   
      
   >I thought one of your arguments was that street heroin is cut, so you want   
   >legal heroin to be 100% pure heroin?  And when these junkies who are used to   
   >2% heroin try your 100% heroin, what happens then?   
      
   >Not that it'll ever happen of course...legalise 100% heroin and people will   
   >still but the 2% stuff for the reduced rate from some street dealer.  Cos   
   >that's how people are.   
      
   Really?  They'll buy 2% off the street when they can legally buy 100% from   
   a chemist and cut it to 2% themselves?   
      
   You really think people in general are completely stupid, don't you?   
      
   -Pete Zakel   
    (phz@seeheader.nospam)   
      
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