XPost: uk.politics.drugs, uk.legal   
   From: invalid@invalid.com   
      
   "Aidy"  wrote in message   
   news:hemdnZWGO4MD-cHXnZ2dnUVZ8gGdnZ2d@bt.com...   
   > "Mr X"  wrote in message   
   > news:h3hmvl$mbd$1@frank-exchange-of-views.oucs.ox.ac.uk...   
   >   
   >> So why are there no illegal alcohol dealers?   
   >   
   > There are plenty of bootleg alcohol sellers.   
   >   
   As I've explained to you there are selling alcohol that has not had duty   
   paid on it.  The alcohol is the same stuff from the legal and regulated   
   companies, not something made at home or in an illegal still.   
      
   >> Why are there no illegal pharmacies selling antibiotics cheaper than the   
   >> NHS charge?   
   >   
   > Because there is no real market for them otherwise people would sell them.   
   >   
   So why would recreational drugs be any different?   
      
   >> Why are there no illegal food dealers undercutting supermarket prices?   
   >   
   > There are.   
   >   
   Are there?   
      
   >> Why are there no illegal abortion clinics still running?   
   >   
   > There are.   
   >   
   Really.  How many people go to these?  How amny people die as a result?  How   
   many people are admitted to hospital as a consequence of such illegal   
   clinics?  Or perhaps you're making it up.   
      
      
   > I get that you are trying to imply that people wouldn't buy something   
   > cheap if it was a danger to their health....but they already buy illegal   
   > drugs so the addiction is obviously more important than their own safety   
   > already.   
   Many illegal drugs are fairly safe, but could be made much safer if made by   
   proper pharmacutical companies and subject to proper drug evaluation and   
   testing.   
      
   > What do you think you'd do?  You think people having sex in doorways with   
   > strangers just for drug money care that much about themselves?   
   If the drugs were legal they wouldn't have to resort to such dangerous and   
   criminal behaviour beacuse they could be supplied by the NHS or could be   
   bought for more reasonable prices.   
      
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