Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!hoptoad!ptsfa!ames!ucbcad!ucbvax!sdcsvax!ucsdhub!jack!man!crash!gryphon!richard From: richard@gryphon.UUCP Newsgroups: alt.flame,misc.legal Subject: More misinformation about pot Message-ID: <2015@gryphon.CTS.COM> Date: Thu, 22-Oct-87 17:23:25 EDT Article-I.D.: gryphon.2015 Posted: Thu Oct 22 17:23:25 1987 Date-Received: Sat, 24-Oct-87 15:48:44 EDT References: Reply-To: richard@gryphon.CTS.COM (Richard Sexton) Distribution: na Organization: Trailing Edge Technology, Redondo Beach, CA Lines: 49 Xref: hoptoad alt.flame:318 misc.legal:2968 In article <1072@puff.wisc.edu> mading@puff.wisc.edu (Eric Mading) writes: > >I read that the government does tax drugs. In fact, marijuana was not made >illegal, the law established a hefty tax on marijuana in 1937. So those who >are saying that marijuana should be made legal can shut up now: marijuana is >legal, if you pay the tax on it. Brilliant. You can indeed legally sell buy pot if you have the tax stamp. But you can't get the tax stamp. >I like the idea of legalizing prostitution. If prostitution is legalized, we >may not need drugs for pleasure. The government could also test prostitutes >for STD's and charge a tax on sexual services. This would make prostitution >much safer. Also, the danger of pimps would go away, because the government >could ban males with a prision record form working in the business. Many >brothels that would pop up from the legalization of prostitution would be >run just like a normal family establishment, with the madam and her girls. Are you that lonely ? >I believe that what really causes prostitution to be illegal is the fact >that the Bible is used to shape our laws. This explains why we had Prohi- >bition and why many drugs are illegal. More likey it was a bunch of narrow minder dweebs, enforcing their beliefs upon other poeple. Much like you are apparantly trying to do. >With the >price high, only adults could afford drugs; adults who have learned about drugs >and can make educated choices. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Hark! A glimmer of hope. >Drug education should >teach the facts about drugs and teach "Just say no." What happened to the educated choices ? >Eric Mading -- Richard J. Sexton INTERNET: richard@gryphon.CTS.COM UUCP: {hplabs!hp-sdd, sdcsvax, ihnp4, nosc}!crash!gryphon!richard "It's too dark to put the keys in my ignition..."