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- From: jdahl@rchland.vnet.ibm.com (Jared Dahl)
- Subject: Re: Legalizing drugs
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- Message-ID: <1992Nov20.225051.25114@rchland.ibm.com>
- Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1992 22:50:51 GMT
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- In article <1992Nov20.212310.4009@noose.ecn.purdue.edu>, rjwade@rainbow.ecn.purdue.edu (Robert J. Wade) writes:
- |> In article <1992Nov18.001754.6379@Cadence.COM> phz@cadence.com (Pete Zakel) writes:
- |> >The cost to the health system of ILLEGAL drugs is MUCH, MUCH higher than
- |> >that of legal drugs.
- |> >
- |>
- |> i question the above statement. alcohol and cigarettes cost us enormous
- |> sums of cash in healthcare and from accidents etc.c
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- How many people die each year from cancer?
- How many of these cases are directly related to tobacco and liquor?
- Half of all traffic deaths are caused by alcohol.
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- These three things adds up to an amount that is
- staggeringly high when compared to ILLEGAL drugs.
- Brewers and tobacco companies are getting rich
- and people are being killed because of it. When
- are we going to do something about it?
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