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From: strickln@ihlpa.UUCP (Stricklen)
Newsgroups: net.legal
Subject: Re: Drugs in America
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Date: Fri, 21-Feb-86 08:27:56 EST
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Posted: Fri Feb 21 08:27:56 1986
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> I personally believe that drugs should be legalized (after all
> what right do I have to tell someone else how to lead their lives?)

I disagree somewhat with your assertion.  If continual usage of a
particular drug renders a person less capable or incapable of supporting
herself or himself, various welfare systems, either federal or state,
are likely to be called upon to take up the slack.  This is an unfair
burden on the tax-paying populous, and their legislators should have the
right to limit use of that drug.

Steve Stricklen
AT&T Bell Laboratories
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