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From: williams@kirk.dec.com (John Williams DTN 223-2163)
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Subject: The war on drugs
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Date: Fri, 12-Sep-86 13:51:59 EDT
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Posted: Fri Sep 12 13:51:59 1986
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Has anyone considered the possibility that the war on drugs is being
staged as a diversion from real government issues like increased
military spending? The amount of propaganda I've read in the past two
weeks is enough to flood the conscious stream of the average ignorant
american. I have yet to see any accurate analysis of the problem.

I think it's a diversion, a chance to make the american collective
conscious focus on a problem other than the ones the government
should be concentrating on, and a chance to obtain more authority.
It would be ridiculous to consider this anything less than a political
manuever. Most of the problems associated with drugs are due to fact
that they are illegal.

Again, I resent that the government sees fit to protect me from
myself. Their efforts would be better spent documenting the effects
of drugs *ACCURATELY*. The current propaganda is such a wave of
distortion it makes me want to puke. Reagan is a buffoon. I can't
believe what I'm seeing. If this administration weren't so real, it
would be a comedy of errors.

I guess this means trouble in River City, that's with a capital T,
which rhymes with P, and that stands for Pool. Dirty Pool.

						John Williams

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PS. Just another case of profiteering in law enforcement.

PSS. I do not use illegal drugs.