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Scott Willing <NOTwilling2BSPAMMED@mts.net> wrote in message
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> Doug Craigen <dcc@escape.ca> wrote in message
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> > No objection to much of the list, but two items stand out:
>
> [snipped to one item for a personal rant]
>
> IMHO you should be able to smoke, ingest or inject anything you like, but
> only if

A bit of a problem how to keep track and effectively enforce ...

> (a) you sign a waiver releasing taxpayers from financial responsibility
for
> negative affects on your health,
> (b) your supplier provides you with the most accurate and current
> information available concerning known risks, and
> (c) your supplier is required to put a portion of the product cost into a
> health and liability insurance fund, as well as research into mitigating
the
> negative effects of the product.

I've heard about some stats published in B.C. which concluded that smokers
cost the system and taxpayers noticeably less than non-smokers. - Some of
the factors: lower life expectancy (not drawing pensions that long), much
faster mortality in age related health complications (shorter stay on life
supporting equipment) , ... - wasn't able to get my hands on the article or
publication myself, so it's just a hearsay.

>
>   . . . . ...
>

> BTW, I heard the other day that legal prescription drugs kill 10 times
more
> people every year than illegal street drugs. 10 frickin' times. Ain't that
> charming?
>
> Sounds to me like the "war on drugs" would be a lot more beneficial if it
> was aimed at reckless pharmaceutical companies and physicians instead of
pot
> farmers. And 'mericans wouldn't even have to travel outside their borders
to
> wage war. But what fun would that be? Bwwwaaa haaa... yeah, I'm dreamin'
of
> course. There's waaaay too much money in the legal drug trade, so
hipocracy
> reigns. Keep on rockin' in the free world.
>
> Anyone besides me suspect that Aspirin would be illegal if it grew on a
> house plant? (I guess I'd better not mention anything about wolf willow.)
>
> OK, I'm gettin' carried away. This Fair Trade coffee really packs a
> wallop...
>
> -smw

Not as much carried away, as maybe barking at the wrong tree.

The problem might not be as much the capitalists, as the big government
(i.e. a maze, where all kinds of cover ups can be safely sheltered from the
daylight) that legislates a monopoly in favour of selected group of
capitalists against anybody else. I think it's called racketeering or
something like that - you don't pay up, we put you out of business. You do
pay - we help you to keep the competition (those who can't afford to pay as
much as you) out.

Is about as capitalist as WWF is sports competition.

Capitalists don't make laws. Governments do. The bigger the government, the
easier to get with things away.