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| Title: | CN AB: PUB LTE: Distract And Entertain The Majority By Ruining The Lives Of The |
| Published On: | 2005-04-28 |
| Source: | Pipestone Flyer (CN AB) |
| Fetched On: | 2008-01-16 14:42:23 |
Pubdate: Thu, 28 Apr 2005
Source: Pipestone Flyer (CN AB)
Section: From The Editor's Desk -- Ted Okkerse
Copyright: 2005, Pipestone Publishing, Millet, Alberta
Contact: ted@pipestoneflyer.com
Website: http://www.pipestoneflyer.com/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/3736
Author: Alan Randell and Eleanor Randell
Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/heroin.htm (Heroin)
Referenced: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v05/n646/a03.html
Note: Title abstracted from letter by MAP Editor; Comment following letter by Ted Okkerse, Editor
DISTRACT AND ENTERTAIN THE MAJORITY BY RUINING THE LIVES OF THE INNOCENT
MINORITY
Dear Editor:
Re Drug awareness, Apr. 20
Why do governments prohibit certain drugs?
Is it to reduce the number of people using the drugs?
No, that can't be the reason because usage seems to have skyrocketed.
Before marijuana was prohibited, hardly anyone used it. Now, it is
difficult to find anyone who has not used it.
Is it to protect users from harm?
No, that can't be the reason because users suffer MORE (adulterated drugs
and jail time) when a drug is banned as compared to when it is legally
available. My wife and I became well acquainted with this aspect of
government policy when we lost our 19-year-old son to street heroin in 1993.
Many more people died from the effects of bad booze during Prohibition than
when alcohol was legally available. The harm argument is moot in any event
because two of our more dangerous drugs, alcohol and tobacco, are legal.
Is it to reduce the crime associated with illegal drugs?
No, that can't be the reason because banning a drug always gives rise to
MORE crime (drug cartels, petty crimes by users as prohibition makes drug
prices much higher, violent disputes between dealers, etc.) than when the
drug is legally available.
Is it a brutal, Hitler-like pogrom to distract and entertain the majority
by ruining the lives of the INNOCENT minority who ingest or sell certain
drugs? BINGO!
Alan and Eleanor Randell
Victoria, BC
------
So your apparent suggestion is that many children such as your son would be
alive today if the government provided cheap, pure and legal drugs for all?
I'm glad I don't live in your world.
Ted
Source: Pipestone Flyer (CN AB)
Section: From The Editor's Desk -- Ted Okkerse
Copyright: 2005, Pipestone Publishing, Millet, Alberta
Contact: ted@pipestoneflyer.com
Website: http://www.pipestoneflyer.com/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/3736
Author: Alan Randell and Eleanor Randell
Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/heroin.htm (Heroin)
Referenced: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v05/n646/a03.html
Note: Title abstracted from letter by MAP Editor; Comment following letter by Ted Okkerse, Editor
DISTRACT AND ENTERTAIN THE MAJORITY BY RUINING THE LIVES OF THE INNOCENT
MINORITY
Dear Editor:
Re Drug awareness, Apr. 20
Why do governments prohibit certain drugs?
Is it to reduce the number of people using the drugs?
No, that can't be the reason because usage seems to have skyrocketed.
Before marijuana was prohibited, hardly anyone used it. Now, it is
difficult to find anyone who has not used it.
Is it to protect users from harm?
No, that can't be the reason because users suffer MORE (adulterated drugs
and jail time) when a drug is banned as compared to when it is legally
available. My wife and I became well acquainted with this aspect of
government policy when we lost our 19-year-old son to street heroin in 1993.
Many more people died from the effects of bad booze during Prohibition than
when alcohol was legally available. The harm argument is moot in any event
because two of our more dangerous drugs, alcohol and tobacco, are legal.
Is it to reduce the crime associated with illegal drugs?
No, that can't be the reason because banning a drug always gives rise to
MORE crime (drug cartels, petty crimes by users as prohibition makes drug
prices much higher, violent disputes between dealers, etc.) than when the
drug is legally available.
Is it a brutal, Hitler-like pogrom to distract and entertain the majority
by ruining the lives of the INNOCENT minority who ingest or sell certain
drugs? BINGO!
Alan and Eleanor Randell
Victoria, BC
------
So your apparent suggestion is that many children such as your son would be
alive today if the government provided cheap, pure and legal drugs for all?
I'm glad I don't live in your world.
Ted
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