re good neighbor political hypocrisy test in article apr pmafire inel gov cdm pmafire inel gov dale cook writes in article apr magnus acs ohio state edu rscharfy magnus acs ohio state edu ryan c scharfy writes in article stevethc jgcr ht netcom com steveth netcom com steve thomas w ri tes just try to justify the war on drugs i dare you a friend of mine who smoke pot every day and last tuesday took hits of acid is still having trouble aiming for the bowl when he takes a dump don t as me how i just have seen the results boy i really wish we we cut the drug war and have more people screwed up in the head i m sorry about your friend really but this anecdote does nothing to justify the war on drugs if anything it demonstrates that the war is a miserable failure what it demonstrates is that people will take drugs if they want to legal or not perhaps if your friend were taking legal regulated drugs under a doctors supervision he might not be in the position he s in now i do agree with you in a way the war on drugs has failed but in my opinion that doesn t mean we have to give up only change the tactics for instance here are how some penalties should be changed dealing coke death dealing heroin death dealing pot death dealing crack death the list goes on and on just kidding however on a more serious note i do believe that we should take some money away from the foriegn operations in south america and costly border interdiction efforts don t think i m going to say spend it to educate people because i know plenty of educated dopers actually spend it on things like drug treatment programs i saw an interesting story on minutes about how the british actually prescribe and addict his recommended dosage and try to ween him off from it or cut the amount down to levels where it is acceptable sounds good so far from what i heard with a decrease in cost lower addiction rates by wiping out the dealer s markets etc but that was the only thing i have heard about it however legalizing it and just sticking some drugs in gas stations to be bought like cigarettes is just plain silly plus i have never heard of a recommended dosage for drugs like crack ecstasy chrystal meth and lsd the minute report said it worked with cocaine cigarettes pot and heroin ryan
