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Date: Wed, 30-Apr-86 14:59:45 EDT
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>  I would like to say that the government makes drugs illegal based on
>their addictive power.  Marijuana, cocaine, LSD, heroin, and speed are illegal
>because these drugs are addictive to most people.  Alcohol and caffiene are not
>addictive to most people so they are legal.  It is a fact that marijuana stays
>in the bloodstream for nearly a month, so one hit of marijuana will keep you
>high for an entire month.  Since this would keep an employee under its influencethis long, I would not hire anyone who smokes pot.
>
>				       Eric Mading
>				       Computer Science Department
>				       UW-Madison
>
Do you also believe that our senators and representatives think only of
your best interests and don't care how much money they make?  I have yet to
read anything indicating that LSD is addictive, nor have I ever met anyone
who was addicted to it, though I knew lots of people who took lots of it.
Nicotine is supposedly more addictive than heroin - why isn't it illegal?
People have been known to die from alcohol withdrawal, but even the most
hardcore marijuana users will suffer from nothing worse than insomnia if
their supply is suddenly cut off.  Caffiene most definitely is addictive
to most people: most caffiene addicts will suffer headaches if they suddenly
cut off their caffiene intake.  Lead stays in the body much longer than
a month and causes mental retardation: would you not hire anyone who has
ever lived near a freeway?

charlotte allen