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Subject: Re: Drug testing (long)
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Date: Sat, 5-Oct-85 05:40:37 EDT
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Posted: Sat Oct  5 05:40:37 1985
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Reply-To: tedrick@ucbernie.UUCP (Tom Tedrick)
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First, I think drug use can be dangerous to ones well-being.
(the only drug I use is caffeine, which is bad enough.)
Second, I think treating drug use as a crime is absurd.
There are many arguments in favor of legalizing, regulating,
and taxing drug sales (i.e. quality control, economic
benefits, crime reduction, social benefits, medical benefits,
ending subsidies to lefist groups in Latin America, etc.)
This whole nonsense about treating drug users as criminals
has gone on too long. It's time to stop ...
The article I'm responding to gives another excellent example of
the absurd consequences that can result from anti-drug policies.


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