Re: Idle question: Did any of the early astronauts smoke?
From: Jeff Findley (jeff.findley_at_ugs.nojunk.com)
Date: 08/31/04
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Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2004 09:59:37 -0400
"bob haller" <hallerb@aol.com> wrote in message
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> >
> >And the war on drugs gets good cops killed. Inocent bystanders
> >get killed too. I can't beleive that Mr. pro life Bbo hasn't thought
> >this through. No, wait, I can beleive that he hasn't thought
> >this through.
> >
> >Sam
>
> Ahh they wouldnt be illegal just extremely expensive and constantly
rising.
It's the same thing Bob. There are plenty of illegal drugs on the street
that are legal with a prescription. Otherwise legal drugs get stolen and
then re-sold illegally.
Note that this also happens with cigarettes. They get bought in states (or
countries) with lower taxes and then are smuggled into states with high
taxes where they are illegally sold. If you increase the taxes high enough
in the US, you'll just encourage the *already existing* illegal tobacco
market.
> all the tax money dedicated to cancer and other research to help the
addicted,
> plus some $ to help them quit.
I don't trust the governemnt to spend any targeted taxes on any specific
area. Here in Ohio, we started a lottery (long ago) to help fund the
schools. The schools aren't really better off. Ohio just spent less money
from the general fund on schools to balance out the money coming in from the
lottery. Tobacco taxes would be no different.
> Drug dealers get in gun fights because the product is illegal, tobacco
wouldnt
> be illegal just very costly.
There isn't any difference between the two. Speed is "illegal" if you buy
it on the street, and certainly causes things like "gun fights", but if
you've got enough money, and a "good" doctor, it's relatively easy to get it
legally. It's especially easy if you have a child that's diagnosed with
ADHD. Speed is one of the most common ways to treat ADHD in children, but
the doctors won't call it speed, they'll use the drug brand names to
describe it to you.
Jeff
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