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In article <5dntd4$hv8@rclnews.eng.ohio-state.edu> orlin-s@rclsgi.eng.ohio-state.edu (orlin steven jared) writes:




>In article <32ff33b1.6918236@news.infinet.com>,
>Stephen Hall <schall@infinet.com> wrote:
>>Point is the prison system houses more convicts convicted on marijuana
>>offenses than almost all other crimes combined in this country (USA)

>What are your sources for this?

>>Even though I hate and refuse to have the shit anywhere near me I
>>think the law banning marijuana should be dissolved; reasons being
>>that it would curtail  lot of the trafficking from S.America   would
>>stop a lot of innocent people from dying in deals gone bad, it would
>>take an enormous bite out of the prison systems overpopulation, the
>>govt would have a new taxable item to suck down as well....

>No it wouldn't have the drastic effects you predict, in the positive
>direction.  Instead, an INCREASED number of people would become
>addicted, due to more availability.  There would be an INCREASED
>number of crimes due to an INCREASED number of people high on the
>stuff who are without their senses.  

What are _your_ sources for this?  Generally marijauna is not thought to be 
addictive.  And last week the New England Journal of Medicine published an 
editorial in which it said "Marijuana is not a dangerous drug."  Are there 
dangers in marijuana use? Yes.  But increased crime is not a known one; or if 
it is this interesting fact hasn't been publicized very widely.

Bert