Re: drug use by our homeless family members or friends?, lets adoptthem

In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Brother Nate <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

>I trust government more than I trust anyone who makes excuses
>for addicts who pillage their community in order to support
>their "habit".

Your problem, though, Nathan, is that you confuse accurately describing a
situation with making excuses.

>Government delineates what substances are legal to use as
>medicines.

That's the problem.

>Doctors prescribe them.

Traditionally, doctors and patients also decided what substances should be
used as medications.  Governments aren't qualified to make that decision.

>This really isn't
>that hard to figure out, nor is it inherently unreasonable.

It is inherently unreasonable.

>There are instances (like MJ) in which the classification
>of the substance is out of proportion to the danger it
>poses or its potential usefulness, but as far as I'm
>concerned all that means is that we should reclassify MJ.

Yes, it should be reclassified to be equivalent to potatoes or cotton or at
least beer.

-Pete Zakel
 ([EMAIL PROTECTED])

"We really don't have any enemies.  It's just that some of our best friends
 are trying to kill us."