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From: suhre@trwrb.UUCP (Maurice E. Suhre)
Newsgroups: talk.politics.misc,net.med
Subject: Re: Drug Abuse - True Problem or Media Hype?
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Date: Mon, 15-Sep-86 19:50:20 EDT
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In article <463@epimass.UUCP> jbuck@epimass.UUCP (Joe Buck) writes:
>You're right, Ray.  A fairer comparison would be to legal, but
>harmful, drugs like tobacco (350,000 deaths a year) and alcohol
>(25,000 deaths in drunk driving wrecks alone).  Can you explain
>to me why cocaine use is worse for society than alcohol and tobacco
>use?
	I don't have to.  The principle is, if you have two problems
	on your hands, should you acquire a third one if you don't
	have to?

	But for starters, I don't think that tobacco users have
	to steal to support their "habit".  Similar for alcohol
	users.

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Maurice Suhre

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