<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><div style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)"><div class="gmail_default"><font size="4">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.</font></div></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)"><font size="4"><br></font></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)"><font size="4">John K Clark</font></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)"><font size="4"><br></font></div><div class="gmail_default" style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><font size="4" style="" face="comic sans ms, sans-serif">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</font></div></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, May 28, 2020 at 7:09 AM John Clark via extropy-chat <<a href="mailto:extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org">extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">On Wed, May 27, 2020 at 7:36 PM William Flynn Wallace via extropy-chat <<a href="mailto:extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org" target="_blank">extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org</a>> wrote:</span><br></div></div><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr"><br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-family:"comic sans ms",sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex" class="gmail_quote"></blockquote><i><font face="comic sans ms, sans-serif"><span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"> </span> <span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">>>> </span>Our laws now protect everyone. </font></i><br><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex" class="gmail_quote"><blockquote style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"></blockquote></blockquote><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:large"><span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">>></span>Then why do drug addicts still exist?<span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"> </span></span><font size="4">John K Clark</font></div></blockquote></span></div></div></blockquote><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"> </blockquote><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-family:"comic sans ms",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><font><i><span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">> </span>That, to me, is an astounding question.<span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"></span></i></font></div></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><font size="4">Those are the best sort.</font></div></div><div><br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-family:"comic sans ms",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><i><font><span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">> </span></font>Have you ever had an opiate high?</i></div></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><font size="4">No<span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">.</span></font><div><br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-family:"comic sans ms",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><font size="4">  </font><span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><font size="4">> </font><i></i></span><i>Or any other kind? </i></div></div></div></blockquote><div> </div><div><font size="4">I don't take happy pills, and I've never even had a marijuana high. <span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">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.</span></font><br></div><div><br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-family:"comic sans ms",sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><i><span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">> </span>If so, you must be able to see that some people,like me and alcohol, cannot moderate it,</i></div></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div><div class="gmail_default"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"></font><font size="4">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.</font></div></div><div class="gmail_default"><font size="4"><br></font></div><div class="gmail_default"><font size="4">John K Clark</font></div></div></div>
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