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From: jerbil@nntp-server.caltech.edu (Joseph R. Beckenbach)
Newsgroups: comp.society.futures
Subject: Re: Future Drugs
Message-ID: <1991Jan30.194425.19628@nntp-server.caltech.edu>
Date: 30 Jan 91 19:44:25 GMT
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Organization: California Institute of Technology, Pasadena
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sl31+@andrew.cmu.edu (Stephen M. Lacy) writes, describing the hypothetical
ideal recreational drug, excepting partial paralysis during the euphoric
stage, and asks "Would the government make this drug illegal?"

	Considering that the destructive drugs of tobacco and alcohol are
regulated and taxed but still salable, I'd be inclined to say "yes".  But then,
I've been 'straight man' at a few pot parties, and pot's short-term effects
(and odors!) are less objectionable than tobacco's.  However, marijuana is
illegal.  Go figure.  My guess, especially with the current political climate,
would be "no".

	No, I do not know the long-term effects of marijuana use;  I do know
the long-term effects of breathing air with suspended particulates -- which
is one reason why I avoid smokes of any sort.

		Joseph Beckenbach
		speaking solely for myself