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Dave Smith[_1_]

On 2017-04-27 4:03 PM, Bruce wrote:
> On Thu, 27 Apr 2017 16:30:57 -0300, wrote:
>
>> On Thu, 27 Apr 2017 13:20:03 -0600, U.S. Janet B. >
>> wrote:
>>
>>> On Thu, 27 Apr 2017 15:05:03 -0300, wrote:
>>>
>>>> Yes I was being sarcastic. I feel all that prohibition did was to
>>>> make bootleggers rich and we should all appreciate, legal is better
>>>> but needs some checks in place such as age and driving etc etc
>>>>
>>>> Mind you, in my part of Canada there are still people with illegal
>>>> stills. When I lived in the country I bought from one from time to
>>>> time, quicker than a trip all the way back into town.
>>>
>>> I have read that the reason that we have so many people in prisons in
>>> the US is a result of the War on Drugs. We had populations the same
>>> as or lower than other countries up to that point.
>>> Janet US
>>
>> Could be, if I recall correctly don't people go to prison now for mere
>> possession of cannabis, whether in quantities to deal or simply a
>> personal smoke? Politicians think it sounds great to say they are
>> 'cracking down on drugs' but usually don't think these things through
>>
>
> I wish they would leave pot alone and focus their resources on ice
> (meth). That's the real problem here, also in traffic.

One of the big problems here is addiction to prescription pain killers.
I am sure they all want us to think their addiction developed from
legitimate pain treatment, but most of the ones I have known had no
medical situations that required that much medication. They liked to
party with it. It was bad enough when they were abusing oxy, but now
they are into Fentanyl, and a lot of other drugs are being laced with
Fentanyl and people are ODing on the stuff at alarming rates.