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To: honestabe010

I was talking about libertopians

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You won’t convince me that legalizing cocaine and heroin for the kids is a good idea. ever.


39 posted on 02/13/2013 4:56:56 PM PST by GeronL (http://asspos.blogspot.com)
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To: GeronL

who wants to legalize them for kids? There would be a legal age just like alcohol. Studies show that drug use does not markedly increase based on legalization, there is an initial spike but that lasts for a short period of time.

“However, according to analysis put forth by the American Journal of Economics & Sociology in a 2000 article titled “Legalize Drugs Now”, the increase is expected to be minimal. Whether a drug is legal or not plays a small role in whether individuals decide to consume them. The study asserts that it expects an initial spike in use immediately after legalization. However, as with alcohol prohibition, this effect will wane with time. The study shows that “the average per ca pita consumption of alcohol has fallen to its lowest level ever. The legalization of alcohol reversed the potency effect. The legalization of drugs will do the same.”


43 posted on 02/13/2013 5:01:13 PM PST by honestabe010
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To: GeronL

“You won’t convince me that legalizing cocaine and heroin for the kids is a good idea. ever.”

Rest easy, for almost no one is pushing for that. I think it oughtta be the concern of parents and various in loco parentis agents, and definitely none of fedguv’s business. But I won’t hold rallies for it, or anything.


44 posted on 02/13/2013 5:04:31 PM PST by Tublecane
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