Look at substance of substance abuse

Guelph Mercury (Canada) ^ | December 16, 2002 | Bill Penner

[ppaul]

And God said, "See, I have given you every herb that yields seed which is on the face of all the earth, and every tree whose fruit yields seed; to you it shall be for food.

He didn't say to smoke them, or use them to get stoned and turn your mind into silly putty.

[PaxMacian]

He didn't say hunt down all those that possess this flower and imprison them.

[ppaul]

I don't see how this is relevant to the question of what goivernmental policy should be.

Government policy should not be madated pop-psychology, counseling, etc., etc., ad nauseaum, that's for sure. Stop wasting taxpayer dollars on psychologists/shrinks.

[PaxMacian]

I should also point out that "kaneh-bosm", in traditional Hebrew is kaneh or kannabus, mistranslated into the
septaugint as calamus, a common marsh plant with little value and none of the qualities ascribed to
kaneh-bosm. The root 'kan' means "reed" or "hemp", while bosm means "aromatic". This word appears five
times in the Old Testament each in a positive light; in the books of Exodus, the Song of Songs, Isaiah,
Jeremiah, and Ezekiel. None of these are negative toward use.

[MrLeRoy]

I don't want to pay for some drug addict's cure.

I don't want to pay much more for the incarceration of addicts AND non-addicted users AND their suppliers.

[MrLeRoy]

What is his point? He wants to remove the "potential for profit" by legalization, yet illustrates (with three examples) how people are profitting and getting rich in legal activities that prey on people's weaknesses.

His points are these: how much profit? and who's getting it?

[MrLeRoy]

Government policy should not be madated pop-psychology, counseling, etc.

I didn't see him call for mandated anything. I did see a call for "effective parenting and dedicated teachers."