[eno_]

Fame has little to do with it. You walk among addicts every day. The Drug War helps almost none of them. It harms some of them. It has no effect on the vast majority of them. Very very few of them look like a Lower East Side needle-junkie rocker. For 90% of addicts, the drug of choice is alcohol.

The Drug War has to be evaluated in light of its costs and its (very low) effectiveness. In this case, the cost is to corrupt an organization that is critical to air safety. It is all a question of what your priorities are.

[Calpernia]

I have bad news for you that I doubt you will comprehend. Drugs is part of the war on terror. I have no desire to debate this matter with you any further. Drugs are wrong and they will be fought.

So you wish to support terrorism? Then go ahead and defend drugs.

Learn more: http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=pakistan+opium+war+on+terror

http://english.pravda.ru/world/2001/10/30/19539_.html

[Maria S]

"For 90% of addicts, the drug of choice is alcohol."

I'm not sure if that's true or not...you may be right, however! I DO know that at some AA meetings, the hardline 'Bill's friends' do NOT tolerate very well those that are 'addicted' to things like the painkillers Rush was on (and there are A LOT more of that type than you might think). They want only recovering alcoholics at their meetings; let the druggies (no matter WHAT drug) go to NA meetings.

On the other hand, there are lots of drug abusers (the legal kind, NOT the illegal stuff) who just LOVE to act disdainful toward alcoholics..."my 'quality of life help' is NOT like being a drunk!" type of stuff. HA! Just try taking away their 'extra helpings' of Paxil, Valium [a few still use this crap], etc.