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          Cynic  wrote:

> >> You want your friends or family given a criminal record and possibly
> >> jailed?
 
> >No, but if that is what it takes to wake them up to the harm they are doing
> >to themselves and others, it would be well worth while.
 
> Why not simply kill them to teach them a lesson?

A lot to be said for that idea. If all drug dealers were shot - or better
still, dipped in boiling oil and skinned with a blunt knife - it would
certainly discourage some of the wretches. And before you ask, I classify
distilleries and tobacco companies as drug dealers.

Ken Down

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On Mon, 21 Jan 2008 06:48:12 GMT, Kendall K. Down
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>Why you feel that lack of proper controls on two drugs means that there
>should be no proper controls on *all* drugs is beyond me. As you point out,
>alcohol and tobacco are deadly, so why not do something useful (and justify
>your claim to be a health care person) and campaign for them to be
>controlled as strictly as heroin and cocaine?

Because whatever you may think, alcohol prohibition in the US did
*far* more harm than good.

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