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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: Tue, 23-Sep-86 12:02:09 EDT
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In article <8591@duke.duke.UUCP> rjn@duke.UUCP (R. James Nusbaum) writes:
>In article <1302@trwrb.UUCP> suhre@trwrb.UUCP (Maurice E. Suhre) writes:
>>In article <463@epimass.UUCP> jbuck@epimass.UUCP (Joe Buck) writes:
>>>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?
>>
I still stand by the above paragraph.
>>	But for starters, I don't think that tobacco users have
>>	to steal to support their "habit".  Similar for alcohol
>>	users.
I've been somewhat convinced by the arguments that illegal substances
cost way more than they would if available legally.
>>
	Try this one.  The majority of people that drink "socially" 
	can enjoy the pleasures of alcohol without becoming addicted,
	damaging their lives, etc.  Do the majority of cocaine users
	follow the same pattern?  Or do almost all of them become
	abusers?  The principle that I advance is the addictive
	power of the various substances under discussion.
-- 
Maurice Suhre

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