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Re: I'll keep driving to Va. for cigarettes

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From: John Gilmer
Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2002 16:11
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> I trust you realize many people use marijuana, cocaine, and heroin for
> these very reasons.  Legalize them, and use may go down.

Un huh.   And maybe if you legalize, usage will go WAY, WAY up!

>
> Considering it seems that no one is addressing the issue of WHY people
> take drugs, I highly doubt it. IMO, people need to stop reaching for
> substances, etc. when things aren't going well in life, or other
> situations that are stressful, and on so. Getting people to realize
> that, IMO, will DEFINATELY decrease drug use/abuse.

Perhaps better mental health in the population will reduce drug use but that
is a completely separate question from whether legalizing drugs is a good or
bad idea.
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