On Jul 12, 12:26 pm, "JoeSpareBedroom" > wrote:
> "Dee Dee" > wrote in message
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> > On Jul 12, 11:52 am, "JoeSpareBedroom" > wrote:
> > A state like Texas for example you could get 20 years for
> >> >> smoking a joint.
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> >> >> Joe
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> >> > I'm not directing this to you specifically,
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> >> > Hey, then don't smoke a joint. Plain and simple. That's the law.
> >> > Don't like it, change it or ... well, you know the rest.
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> >> > I believe that prisons are for non-violent crimes, too. Perhaps
> >> > that's getting passe.
> >> > Dee Dee
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> >> I'll make you a deal: You write to your federal and state elected slobs
> >> and
> >> ask them why drugs are illegal, and what they're doing to change that.
> >> You
> >> also need to ask them why alcohol is legal, since it's just as dangerous
> >> as
> >> cocaine or heroin. If you get back even one reply that doesn't make you
> >> want
> >> to puke (for lack of substance), and post a clear photo of it online, I
> >> will
> >> send you a case of Florida citrus or something equally delicious.- Hide
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> > Why should I write to ask them why drugs are illegal. I WANT them to
> > continue to be illegal. But frankly, I have my own personal beliefs
> > as to why drugs are illegal and alcohol is legal.
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> > But concering alcohol being dangerous, I wonder what the statistics
> > are for a drunk vs. a heroin or cocaine (or meth) user robbing and
> > maming.
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> > Frankly, though, if they would make alcohol illegal, I'd obey the
> > law, try to get it changed so I could drink tasty wine and beer like
> > other civilized (France and Germany?) countries do. I don't think
> > society should be penalized for others' misdeeds on something as
> > basic as wine and beer. However, we are penalized over others'
> > simplest misdeeds constantly. A fact oflife.
> > Dee Dee
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> Why do you want drugs to remain illegal?
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> As far as alcohol being dangerous, it *will* kill you, and often in ways
> that you don't hear much about. Nothing to do with getting into accidents,
> by the way. I lost my brother in law as a direct cause of alcohol.- Hide quoted text -
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I understand the problems with alcohol and how they will not only kill
you, but will kill the spirit of those around you. Some say it is a
choice. I haven't made up my mind.

"Why do you want drugs to remain illegal?"
Good Lord, man; drugs are nothing but death and destruction. That's
that's a strong statement, but I couldn't make it stronger.
Dee Dee