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Trust me...
Sounds awfully scary Techie
azstrummer
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2/24/2009 8:50:36 PM
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Maybe you should move to someplace safer.
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Reality Intrudes on the Drug War
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gbaikie
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2/17/2009 10:51:01 PM
National Geographic
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Lindy
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2/19/2009 10:59:50 PM
re: National Geographic
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gbaikie
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2/26/2009 2:28:56 AM
"But if we were to make alcohol illegal again..."
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Lindy
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2/27/2009 6:27:30 AM
Prohibition NEVER works. It just makes sale more profitable.
(n/t)
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David F Mayer
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2/18/2009 3:11:44 AM
It'll work. We just need a government that's serious about stopping it.
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Lee
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2/18/2009 1:06:03 PM
re: It'll work. We just need a government that's serious about stopping it.
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David F Mayer
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2/19/2009 1:02:11 AM
Force should be used.
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Lee
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2/19/2009 1:27:22 AM
Why? What is the reason for Drug Prohibition? None that I can see!
(n/t)
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David F Mayer
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2/19/2009 7:32:32 AM
The same as not putting lead in cereal or arsnic in soft drinks.
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Lee
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2/19/2009 1:04:25 PM
I don't buy it. The world is filled with dangerous choices. Dope is one of them.
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David F Mayer
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2/19/2009 2:03:42 PM
Selling meth or crack at the corner mini-mart isn't the kind of world I'd want to live in.
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Lee
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2/20/2009 1:02:22 PM
I would make dope into prescription substances.
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David F Mayer
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2/22/2009 12:14:51 PM
What kind of physician would be willing to sell poison?
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Lee
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2/22/2009 8:15:58 PM
The issues are addiction and habituation.
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David F Mayer
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2/23/2009 12:45:07 AM
That's because alcohol and tobacco are legal.
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Lee
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2/23/2009 1:06:19 PM
I don't believe it. When alcohol was illegal, the usage was HIGHER than now.
(n/t)
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David F Mayer
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2/23/2009 2:47:49 PM
Any stats to back that up?
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Lee
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2/24/2009 12:47:10 PM
Here
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David F Mayer
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2/24/2009 2:40:55 PM
You don't make penalties for the use. It's the abuse.
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azstrummer
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2/21/2009 2:14:14 AM
OMG Art......
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Lindy
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2/21/2009 8:10:23 PM
Yeah, Lindy and I'll say it over and over
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azstrummer
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2/24/2009 8:48:27 PM
Then maybe you should move on.
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Lee
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2/25/2009 12:59:43 PM
Robert doesn't come here anymore
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Lindy
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2/25/2009 1:57:47 PM
Typical pot talk.
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Lee
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2/21/2009 1:42:06 PM
Wasting your time.
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SDAI-Tech1
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2/22/2009 11:32:17 PM
Trust me...
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SDAI-Tech1
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2/23/2009 1:49:58 AM
Sounds awfully scary Techie
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azstrummer
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2/24/2009 8:50:36 PM
Not so much scary as sad.
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SDAI-Tech1
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2/25/2009 3:59:33 AM
I guess that's why I don't live in a big city, and never will.
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Lindy
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2/23/2009 1:18:04 AM
Serious about stopping it?
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Nick Hoffman
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2/18/2009 10:49:26 PM
Problems with legalization (e.g. Meth)
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dtb
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2/26/2009 2:15:45 PM
Bingo! You've got it!
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David F Mayer
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2/19/2009 1:03:02 AM
That's insane.
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Lee
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2/19/2009 12:36:30 AM
"Why not give police officers the power to shoot dead on sight anyone they pull over who's got drugs in their car"
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nick hoffman
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2/19/2009 8:09:22 AM
You're right.
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SDAI-Tech1
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2/19/2009 3:49:59 AM
re: That's insane.
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RobVG
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2/19/2009 2:27:25 AM
"Why not give police officers the power to shoot dead on sight anyone they pull over who's got drugs in their car"
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Lindy
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2/19/2009 2:16:19 AM
Charge enough tax to cover the health and societal costs of drug use
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Laurie Street
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2/19/2009 12:08:47 AM
It's all messed up.
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SDAI-Tech1
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2/18/2009 7:44:45 PM
Lee's against drugs? Crap, there's a reason to legalize them.
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azstrummer
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2/18/2009 2:27:11 PM
Can you not tell what board this is?
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Lee
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2/19/2009 12:47:18 AM
HabitableZone — be civil, or at least entertaining.