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Old 08-06-2007, 06:19 AM   #5 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by W.E.B. Du Bois View Post
This argument I find to be absurd:



It's saying that the best way to get people to stop doing something that they want to do is to allow businesses to market them on their shelves and for people to buy them. That's just silly. Obviously, if you allow a product to be brought within reach to someone and legalize them to consume it, you've only made it more likely that they will consume it.


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No, I didn't state that people will stop using. Just that it is much easier to control them when they are legal rather than illegal. Just look at the children factor, many people say drugs are illegal to protect the children when in fact drug prohibition makes it much more likely for a child to obtain drugs. Drug dealers don't ask for ID.
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