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- From: mjharris@nyx.cs.du.edu (Mike Harris)
- Subject: Re: legalization in Britian
- Message-ID: <1992Dec29.235247.1334@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu>
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- Organization: University of Denver, Dept. of Math & Comp. Sci.
- References: <1992Dec28.013009.29984@tc.cornell.edu> <1hoc9nINNsjn@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu> <petersen-291292011746@elvex33.acns.nwu.edu>
- Date: Tue, 29 Dec 92 23:52:47 GMT
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- petersen@casbah.acns.nwu.edu (Jim Petersen) writes:
-
- >In article <1hoc9nINNsjn@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu>, bz269@cleveland.Freenet.Edu
- >(James D. Del Vecchio) wrote:
-
- >> > Drugs and marijhuana are not illegal because the vast majority
- >> >of Americans believe that they should be so, they are illegal because
- >> >a few jokers passed the laws through congress with the promise
- >> >of kickbacks to the law makers.
- >>
- >> That plus the vast majority of Americans believe the they should be
- >> so.
-
- >'The vast majority of Americans' is a highly manipulatible group.
- >A government campaign to teach Americans than drugs are good would
- >quickly result in 'the vast majority of Americans' believing with
- >all their hearts that drugs are good.
-
- >__________________________________________________________________________
- >Jim Petersen petersen@casbah.acns.nwu.edu jp@darkstar.com
-
- > If mercy's in business I wish it for you-
- > More than just ashes when your dreams come true.
-
- Well since the vast majority of people take drugs everyday the problem
- would seem to me to be that of convincing Americans that some of the drugs
- which are currently illegal are not as harmful as they believe, or in some
- cases harmless or even beneficial. This is *not* an easy task. Given the
- current state of hysteria the only people who will believe this are long
- time users of these drugs who *are* the proof and few people will believe
- them. I was recently told by the best known psychiatrist in Houston, TX
- that it is *not* unusual for people two go insane by trying LSD one time.
- This is the accepted medical wisdom. He also told me that Marijuana was
- very harmful and could make you less intelligent. I'm sure he honestly
- believes this and it does no good to call everyone who disagrees with your
- position on drug legalization stupid or conspirators of some kind. These
- are good honest people. Subtle but constant persuasion is the best. Point
- out the counter example, gently educate people to the great literature of
- psychedelic mysticism from Aldous Huxley, William Blake yes even Leary can
- help. Don't give up but realize that things are not going to change right
- away. Pushing too hard always has the opposite effect from what the pusher
- is trying to achieve and the truth has a way of somehow coming out.
-
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