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Subject: Re: Re: A new call for ignorance - (nf)
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Date: Fri, 26-Sep-86 05:28:00 EDT
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Nf-From: ztivax!david    Sep 26 10:28:00 1986

>I felt for some time as you did, that legalizing drug use would solve
>much of the problem. I realize now it wouldn't do much good. At what
>age would it be legal to buy and use drugs? Twenty-one? What about
>the twelve year old who wants to experiment? The pusher in the school
>yard couldn't care less if the kid is underage. 

This is a good point.  I think an important _cause_ of the drug
problem is this minimum age for drinking.  In Europe, one rarely finds
people who have even _experimented_ with drugs.  They can go to
Disco's and pubs when quite young (no hard-line age limit seems to
exist).  In America, kids who want to party can't, at least legally.

It always seemed stupid that high school kids can't buy beer, but
nobody ever asks for ID to buy dope...


Solve the problems, don't fuck around with the symptoms.