[ExI] Deficit spending and never admitting you were wrong

[Henry Rivera]

Prohibition has never worked. For any substance. Period. We should never revert back to it. And in many (most?) cases, the laws against mind altering substances have ruined more lives than the substances themselves ever could.  

> On May 28, 2020, at 10:44 AM, Stathis Papaioannou via extropy-chat <extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
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>> On Thu, 28 May 2020 at 23:14, William Flynn Wallace via extropy-chat <extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
>> My question was if laws against opiate use protect people from opiate addiction then why do we still have opiate addicts.  The war on drugs doesn't seem to be going very well, I think it's time to call for an armistice.
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>> John K Clark
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>> Maybe I misunderstood.  I am in favor of eliminating all laws against pot, but opiates are a different story, as are many prescription drugs.  bill w
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> What about alcohol? It is probably at least as addictive and dangerous as some illicit and prescription drugs. Should it be banned again?
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>>> On Thu, May 28, 2020 at 7:09 AM John Clark via extropy-chat <extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
>>> On Wed, May 27, 2020 at 7:36 PM William Flynn Wallace via extropy-chat <extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
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>>>>>   >>> Our laws now protect everyone. 
>>>>> >>Then why do drug addicts still exist? John K Clark
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>>>> > That, to me, is an astounding question.
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>>> Those are the best sort.
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>>>> > Have you ever had an opiate high?
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>>> No.
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>>>>   > Or any other kind? 
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>>> I don't take happy pills, and I've never even had a marijuana high. I have taken a few drinks in my life but I found that all it did was make me stupid (some would say it just made me stupider) so I cut that out.
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>>>> > If so, you must be able to see that some people,like me and alcohol, cannot moderate it,
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>>> My question was if laws against opiate use protect people from opiate addiction then why do we still have opiate addicts.  The war on drugs doesn't seem to be going very well, I think it's time to call for an armistice.
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>>> John K Clark
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