I know we both have had family members with
"issues", and yes, I do blame the addicts.

To some degree I agree with you. However, once a drug abuser is past
a certain point, they are no longer operating of their own free
will. These are the people that the drug cartels breed and feed, and
it's disgusting and pathetic.

I understand the impulse to legalize this stuff, and it's easy to
compare it to alcohol Prohibition -- but I think we're talking about
an exponentially worse problem than beer and wine here.

Incidentally, IMHO marijuana (aside from the health aspects of
inhaling any tobacco products) is certainly a drug that should be
legalized, standardized, and controlled. However, with the strong
societal move toward outlawing ALL smoking, I don't see that EVER
happening now.

Cocaine, heroin, meth, crack -- all of these are far too damaging to
simply allow on the streets in "legal" doses. Anyone who has ever had
to deal with a person who is addicted to any of these substances knows
that we are dealing with a whole different set of problems than the
folks who drink a 12-pack of Pabst per day are facing...

I'm afraid that we, as a society, have little choice but to try to
stop illicit drug use. It's a real Catch-22, since one of mankind's
strongest (and oldest) urges is to alter reality.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
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