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From: aem@mthvax.cs.miami.edu (a.e.mossberg)
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Subject: Re: soc.drugs
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Date: 7 Feb 90 15:54:48 GMT
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In article <131328@sun.Eng.Sun.COM> williamt@athena1.Sun.COM (William A. Turnbow) writes:
>	What does anyone think about the idea of a soc.drugs newsgroups?

>	With the increased public awareness of the drug issue: drug
>abuse, drug testing, drug wars, it seems it has become very much a 
>social issue, affecting our society more and more every day.

>	In alt.drugs, alot of the discussion tends towards comments about
>the drug war, how it affects our day-to-day lives, how it is affecting
>the constitution, etc.  Current conditions and policies are comparable
>to prohibition and other less favorable times.

>	A 'mainstream' group to discuss societal impact might be a good
>addition.


I suspect the net isn't ready for it, but cases could be made for a whole range
of groups:

		soc.drugs 	- The effects of drug use on society, the
				responses of society toward users/abusers of
				drugs, etc.

		rec.drugs	- recreational uses of drugs

		rec.drugs.tobacco - The second most popular drug in the US

		rec.drugs.alcohol - relative merit of MD20/20 vs. Night Train?
				the most popular drug in the US

		rec.drugs.grass - Use of C. Sativa, C. Indica, and the other
				species whose name I always forget, along with
				prepared forms of the above, e.g. Hashish, Bhang,
				Charas, and so on.

		rec.drugs.coca	- Coca leave chewing and associated derivative
				forms such as cocaine, and crack.

		soc.religion.drug - discussions of the "drug cults", historical
				perspectives on drug use in religion, e.g. drug
				use in early christian churches

		talk.religion.drug - discussions about modern drug cults and
				drug use as a mean of finding god, or equiv.

		sci.ethnopharmacology - studies re traditional uses of plants

		misc.legal.drugs - legal aspects of drug use


aem


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Capitalist democracy..must devise means to marginalize the population and 
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