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From: falk@sun.uucp (Ed Falk)
Newsgroups: net.followup,talk.politics.misc
Subject: Re: Re: The war on drugs
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Date: Thu, 18-Sep-86 02:32:24 EDT
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> > 	Sorry folks, but I know more yuppie types that would fail
> > 	tests for drugs (including alcohol), than punks.  I have the
> > 	feeling that we are indeed being manipulated by major
> > 	propoganda ploy.
> 
> Not only is it a good way to ride the media wave into public office,

A friend of mine used to be a New York State lobbyist.  She was working
the summer they passed the bong law in NY.  She said that the politicians
had voted for it to keep their conservative constituancy happy.  She
was amazed at the hypocrisy of it all, since about a third of the
legislature smoked dope themselves.


> 2) Encouraging children to turn-in their parents for using drugs.
>    "Hey, Johnny!  You wanna really get back at your Dad?  Take
>     this baggie home, drop it in his dresser drawer, and call the
>     cops!  They won't mess with YOU again!"

This has been happening quite a lot lately.

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