To: the_devils_advocate_666; *Wod_list; jmc813
"If our schools and parents were to utilize recognized, successful intervention techniques, including drug testing, we would be able to identify these youth and get them the counseling and treatment they need to turn away from drug use," Walters said in a statement. If oiur government were to relegalize drugs for adults, we would give sellers a new economic incentive to not sell to kids---namely, the risk of losing their legal adult business.
2 posted on
09/04/2003 11:35:51 AM PDT by
MrLeRoy
(The legitimate powers of government extend to such acts only as are injurious to others. - Jefferson)
To: MrLeRoy
Yeah, that's why legal alcohol rates for teens are so low.
Give me a break.
5 posted on
09/04/2003 12:08:24 PM PDT by
Monty22
To: MrLeRoy
"If our schools and parents were to utilize recognized, successful intervention techniques, including drug testing, we would be able to identify these youth and get them the counseling and treatment they need to turn away from drug use," Walters said in a statement. Starts to sound like shades of racial profiling, if you ask me...
To: MrLeRoy
"If oiur government were to relegalize drugs for adults, we would give sellers a new economic incentive to not sell to kids---namely, the risk of losing their legal adult business."Yep. You can see how well that theory works with alcohol and cigarettes.
Kids are paying top dollar today to the gangs to get their drugs. They'll continue to do so if marijuana were made legal.
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