richard@gryphon.UUCP (10/23/87)
In article <1072@puff.wisc.edu> mading@puff.wisc.edu (Eric Mading) writes: > >I read that the government does tax drugs. In fact, marijuana was not made >illegal, the law established a hefty tax on marijuana in 1937. So those who >are saying that marijuana should be made legal can shut up now: marijuana is >legal, if you pay the tax on it. Brilliant. You can indeed legally sell buy pot if you have the tax stamp. But you can't get the tax stamp. >I like the idea of legalizing prostitution. If prostitution is legalized, we >may not need drugs for pleasure. The government could also test prostitutes >for STD's and charge a tax on sexual services. This would make prostitution >much safer. Also, the danger of pimps would go away, because the government >could ban males with a prision record form working in the business. Many >brothels that would pop up from the legalization of prostitution would be >run just like a normal family establishment, with the madam and her girls. Are you that lonely ? >I believe that what really causes prostitution to be illegal is the fact >that the Bible is used to shape our laws. This explains why we had Prohi- >bition and why many drugs are illegal. More likey it was a bunch of narrow minder dweebs, enforcing their beliefs upon other poeple. Much like you are apparantly trying to do. >With the >price high, only adults could afford drugs; adults who have learned about drugs >and can make educated choices. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Hark! A glimmer of hope. >Drug education should >teach the facts about drugs and teach "Just say no." What happened to the educated choices ? >Eric Mading -- Richard J. Sexton INTERNET: richard@gryphon.CTS.COM UUCP: {hplabs!hp-sdd, sdcsvax, ihnp4, nosc}!crash!gryphon!richard "It's too dark to put the keys in my ignition..."
mikep@ism780c.UUCP (10/24/87)
>In article <1072@puff.wisc.edu> mading@puff.wisc.edu (Eric Mading) writes: >> >>I read that the government does tax drugs. In fact, marijuana was not made >>illegal, the law established a hefty tax on marijuana in 1937. So those who >>are saying that marijuana should be made legal can shut up now: marijuana is >>legal, if you pay the tax on it. >> In article <2015@gryphon> richard@gryphon.CTS.COM (Richard Sexton) writes: > >Brilliant. You can indeed legally sell buy pot if you have the tax stamp. > >But you can't get the tax stamp. Ah, but, when I was living in Arizona, I heard you could buy a tax stamp for pot. I heard this in high school about 4 years ago. At the time, I wanted to go and buy one for a souvineer. I didn't do drugs and so the obvious harmful effect of buying the stamp (being watched closely) wouldn't affect me. However, after more thought, I decided that buying a stamp would probably affect all future chances of getting a security clearance. Richard Sexton mentions (later on in the article) that educated choices are what is needed. True. I didn't do drugs because of a personal commitement to my parents. Oh, I've tried pot and used it regularly in the first quarter of my senior year in H.S., but I decided to quit because I didn't need it (and there was that worry about a security clearance). I don't hold it against people if they do what they want as long as it remains a "victimless crime." A lot of people will rant and rave (just as I did until a little while ago) that drugs are not a victimless crime. I guess it all depends on how deep you want to carry an argument. Using the same reasoning, you could almost name any action as a crime having a victim. But, unlike most "let anyone smoke or shoot what they want" type people, I do beleive there is a difference between certain substances. I guess "survival of the fittest" would weed out those too stupid to realize that PCP (and other major biggie killers) are bad news. -MikeP