34eedf45   
   XPost: talk.politics.libertarian, alt.drugs, alt.politics.libertarian   
   From: okamuraj005@hawaii.rr.com   
      
   "M_P"  wrote in message   
   news:728a6a17-6b96-4c4a-8075-8ac1f4952ee3@d21g2000vbm.googlegroups.com...   
   On Sep 16, 6:18 pm, "Jerry Okamura"  wrote:   
   > "M_P"  wrote in message   
   > news:a9b74f3f-2c77-4f60-86bb-7beddb4e0b00@31g2000vbf.googlegroups.com...   
   > > On Sep 15, 6:53 pm, "Jerry Okamura"  wrote:   
   > > > "M_P"  wrote in message   
   > > >news:90d94761-cf0a-4e8b-8f13-00acd4d6ed06@d21g2000vbm.googlegroups.com...   
   > > >> On Sep 15, 11:56 am, "Jerry Okamura"    
   > > >> wrote:   
   >   
   > > >> > I am generally in favor of legalizing what are now illegal drugs.   
   > > >> > But   
   > > >> > before we do that, if we ever do that, I would like to spend the   
   > > >> > time   
   > > >> > to   
   > > >> > learn all of the advantages and disadvantages, before making a   
   > > >> > final   
   > > >> > decision.   
   > >   
   > > >> What possible disadvantages do you think the quoted article missed?   
   > >   
   > > > Will the advantages outweigh the disadvantages.   
   > >   
   > > As the text you've deleted persuasively argues, the "disadvantages"   
   > > are largely illusory.   
   >   
   > No it did not. One statement was that the Bristish effort to crack down on   
   > illegal drug use ws did not work because the number of users went up.   
   > Well,   
   > I could argue that whatever they did to "crack down" was not severe   
   > enough,   
   > and that is why the number of users went up.   
      
   You could argue that if you had any evidence for it. And then we'd   
   have left behind your original question, about the advantages and   
   disadvantages of the status quo versus legalization, and started on a   
   discussion of the advantages and disadvantages of some hypothetical   
   severe crackdown ... at which point I'd note that since even Iran and   
   China have drug problems, no free society will ever eliminate them.   
      
   No society can stop peole from doing what they want to do.  That is why you   
   will always have a drug problem, you will always have someone drinking   
   alcohol, you will always have someone committing crimes.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)