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From: tim@ism780c.UUCP (Tim Smith)
Newsgroups: net.misc
Subject: Re: Urinalysis...Lie Detectors...all th ( really drug safety )
Message-ID: <2090@ism780c.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 30-Apr-86 20:33:12 EDT
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Posted: Wed Apr 30 20:33:12 1986
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In article <287@gumby.UUCP> mading@gumby.UUCP (Eric Mading) writes:
>
> 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.

I have never heard any evidence that LSD is addictive, except that it
can be fun.  But so can books, movies, sex, and computers.  Do you call
these addictive?

I think that there would be less of a drug problem in this country if the
schools would tell kids the truth about drugs.  Instead, they try to make
every drug sound like the ultimate in evil.  This may prevent some people
from trying drugs, but I suspect it causes more trouble in the long run.

If someone tries a drug and finds out that it is not like they said it
was in school, that person may then decide that *everything* they said
in school about drugs was wrong, and then try bad drugs, such as heroin.

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Tim Smith       sdcrdcf!ism780c!tim || ima!ism780!tim || ihnp4!cithep!tim