Subject: RE: [drugwar] DRUG CONTROL POLICY: Drug czar critical of marijuana initiative Date: Sat, 13 Mar 2004 02:25:36 -0500 To: From: Bob Armstrong On Fri, 12 Mar 2004 17:15:43 -0500, Tom Angell wrote: >=A0Depending on your economic leanings, a regulated paradigm might= be a >=A0very socialized one (a-la Jack Cole from LEAP) where free drugs= are >=A0distributed to responsible adults who want them, thus= eliminating profit >=A0margins and drug pushers altogether. That doesn't eliminate "profit margins and drug pushers" . It= just creates a system with police protectd monopoly pushers offering free= product , pay the suppliers ( and themselves ) with money taken from the= taxed class . --=A0 =A0Bob Armstrong -- http://CoSy.com -- 212-285-1864 Pix+ : .CoSy.MidWinterParty 17 =A0:= http://cosy.com/y04/MidWinter17.htm Computing Environment : =A0http://CoSy.com/CoSy/ A WTC vision : http://CoSy.com/CoSy/ConicAllConnect/ Libertarian Presidential Candidates =A0:= http://CoSy.com/Liberty.htm Restore our Right to Relax : =A0http://ny.lp.org/cgi-bin/petition.cgi?Against_the_Smoking_Ban =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A02004/03/13 2:20:23 AM