Alcohol again
Ed Tyler etyler@truman.edu
Wed, 17 Feb 1999 14:30:34 -0600 (00919305034, 4.1.19990217142621.00a46660@pop.truman.edu)
At 01:25 PM 2/17/99 -0600, Adnan wrote:
>
>>>ADNAN
>>>I am not arguing that alcohol should be banned, but doesn't the government
>>also
>>>prohibit pot and other drugs? Is that "oppressive and intrusive extension of
>>>government authority into the individual's private affairs"?
>
>>Ed
>>Yes, in my opinion. It's also just as much a failure as the prohibition of
>>alcohol.
>
>ADNAN
>So you think drugs like cocaine and heroine should be freely available to
>anyone who wants them? We should unban all drugs and allow buisnesses to
>advertise and sell these like tobacco & alcohol?
>
>
Ed
These drugs are already available to anyone who wants them. Everyone who
wants to use them already does, and everyone who wants to get them can do so.