I wanted to say something in the other post about drugs but unfortunatly it has gone suicidal. I just wanted to post something and then get your thoughts on it.

"As long as there are people, there will be addictions
to drugs,
gambling,
liquor,
food,
women,
work,
sports ...
even to arts, dreams, and religions.

Moderation, or call it pacing, is the answer ...
and he that knows how to pace himself can win any race.

Addictions cannot be outlawed
and laws that cannot be enforced
make a mockery of Justice.

Prohibition only raised the price of liquor,
to the joy of the bootleggers.

The outlawing of gambling
fills the pockets of the illegal bookmakers.

The outlawing of dope selling
enriches the dope pushers
and forces the addict into crimes.

But dope pushing and the crimes that go with it could be almost completely eliminated with one drastic step ...

The Health, Education, and Welfare Department should buy and package the most popular dope and sell them, without profit, to drug stores to be retailed for 25 cents.

...with a label clearly indicating what the dope will do to the purchaser,
when insanity will start,
and which doseage will be fatal.

This 25 cent package, with its explanatory label, would

...first, put dope pushers out of business overnight
...second, possibly reduce crime,
...third, eliminate psychiatric double talk
...and fourth, disgust and scare potential dope takers.

By making dope available for 25 cents one can separate the addict from the pusher
and at the same time separate weaklings from men with self control."


What do you think about this? Its defenatly drastic, but I think it would work.