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Drugs and the Panic Society

    Over 200 years ago, There were tremendous social problems
occurring in Europe and the United States. Group of people went
waco for no apparent reasons.

    In France, waves of panic swept the farmers and poor of the
villages. There was widespread looting and burning in the
countryside. The evil French government was forced to call in the
military and take total control of the population.

    In the US, in Salem, Mass. panic stricken groups of people
tied other people to stakes and burned them alive. Those crazys
believed that the people that they were burning were witches.
    Evil 20th Century scientist though they discovered what was
the problem. Those people had been eating bread and other foods
made with rye that had been infected with a food poisoning fungus
called ergot. This substance produced a chemical whose effects
were similar to LSD.

    The 20th century faced tremendous problems with drugs. Drugs
could have bad side effects, they could be toxic. People were
dying from taking too many drugs or combinations of drugs. Birth
defects were being caused from drug use. Drugs were being pushed
by massive advertising campaigns on the media. Drugs were being
tampered with when some nut would spike them with some toxic
substance. (The Tynol poisoning of 87). And drugs were being
deliberately abused by teens and adults in 20th century society.
People were being murdered over drug abuse as gangs fought for
controls of neighborhoods. Drug addicts robbed, raped and
murdered for the money that they needed to get for the purchase
of drugs. One mother in Detroit used her 13 yr old daughter as
payment to a drug supplier. The guy raped the 13 year old.

    Crack and heron became the drugs of choice among the youth
and poor of this society. Pushers earned as much as $1000 a day
supplying the drugs. They bought gold, fancy clothes, and
expensive cars with their money. Sometimes, they would get at
odds with the territory that they sold drugs in. Then, one of
them would turn up dead.

    Powerful drug lords soon took control as they became filthy
rich in the quest to raise and supply drugs. They even took
control of nations by killing off those that tried to stop them.
In August, 1989, the country of Columbia attempted to put an end
to the drug trade. The drug lords declared war on the country.
Thousands were arrested. All civil rights were suspended as the
army took over. thousands died as the drug lords fought back with
murders and bombings.

    Still, alcohol was the drug of choice. It was a favorite
among teens, Blacks and Indians, as well as the rest of the
population. Each group had its favorite brand. The Indians had a
craving for whiskey. As much as 60% of them had no control over
their consumption of whiskey. Blacks seem to prefer the malt
liquors and Thunderbird wines. Among the Whites, the cocktails
were favorites. Germans loved their beers, The Russians the
Vodka. Teens, it seemed would drink anything just as long as it
contained alcohol.

    The problem was in the alcohol addiction. Such people would
drink to excess. They would become drunk. It is when they were
drunk that the problems started.

    Often those people would get into fights for no reasons.
Many people got killed and injured in those fights. Drunks would
try to drive a car, often with fatal results. Some people even
drank themselves to death. In many cases, like the drug habits,
they would spend all of their money on alcoholic drinks.

    Cigarettes were also a problem. While they didn't appear to
cause a user to be impaired from the nicotine addiction, the
smoke contained toxic chemicals that was health threatening.
Thousands of smokers were dying horrible deaths each year as a
result of the cancer, strokes, heart attacks, and lung disease
that they contracted. Your Hero, Joslyn Elders, soon got rid of
those awful cigarettes.

    Prescription and over the counter medicines were also badly
abused. There were doctor arrested for prescribing excessive
amounts of certain addictive medications to patients.

    Steroids were commonly abused by sports people in their
quest for strength. This drug also caused kidney damage. It often
left the user impotent which led to emotional problems.

    To add to the problem was the huge advertising campaign that
many drug companies were pushing on the public. People were
constantly being bombarded with ads that said that this pain
killer was better then their competitors. There are constantly
ads for headache remedy, sinus medicine, stop toothache,
eliminate bloating, cramps, sleeping pills, pep pills,
tranquilizers, weight loss, weight gain, vitamins, even for the
morning after. The Hillery Health care Plan soon put a stop to
that.

    The cup of coffee contained caffeine, so did the soda pop,
the tea, and many medications. Processed foods contained all
kinds of drugs. Even the animals that were murdered for food
production were full of all kinds of drugs such as steroids.

    Your Glorious Leaders started screaming about all those
problems. Something had to be done about it and now. Their first
target turned out to be Marijuana.

    Marijuana was a favorite drug. It was used much like
cigarettes. It could be easily grown almost anywhere. The first
target was to destroy the crop and arrest the property owners.

    Most of the marijuana is imported. A zero tolerance seizure
policy was adopted. The Coast Guard began searching every sailing
vessel that they could find. They found the pot and plenty of it.
They seized one fishing trawler that had 100 tons on board and
took the vessel from the owner. On a large private vessel, they
found a marijuana cigarette in a crew members quarters. They also
took that ship from its owner.

    The law enforcement authorities soon took to the sky. With
the aid of helicopters, aircraft, and satellites, they
photographed every inch of the Earth's surface. They found a lot
of pot. They found it growing in plantations. It was found
between rows of field corn. It was found hidden in the National
Forest. It was even found in flower beds in back yards. All
property owners were promptly arrested.

    Marijuana was soon grown indoors. This was due to the
results of a huge drug enforcement policy that was trying to
destroy this drug. Suddenly, it was no longer safe to be a
supplier of garden supplies. Store were being closed and store
owners were now having to prove that they weren't selling
supplies to pot farmers. "The owners of those stores were being
considered Guilty until proven innocent." October 25, 1989, TV 50
News. 10:08 PM.

    Cocaine was next. The Government of Columbia soon declared
war on itself in an effort to stop the trade in cocaine. Drug
lords have killed hundreds of judges in the past few years.
Bombings and mass murders are now commonplace there.

    Authorities in the US in 1989 have seized tons of cocaine.
Some bust such as one in Las Angles amounted to 22 tons in one
location. However, this was only a small percent compared to the
amount that ended up used by addicts.

    The newest drugs of choice soon were showing up out West and
in Hawaii. They were synthetic drugs easily made with the street
names of "Crank" and the most deadly stuff ever made called
"Ice".

    Ice would give a high that lasted from 8 to 12 hours vs the
20 of 30 minutes that an addict got from Crack. However, the
withdrawals from Ice were pure hell. Ice addicts became very
violent. Hawaiian police were discovering a lot of assaults and
murders taking place as a result of the addicts. The hospitals
were receiving a lot of addicts with severe kidney and liver
damage in addition to the injuries that were resulting from the
violence. And babies that were born to addicts suffered some of
the most expensive, severe medical, and psychological problem
that couldn't be imagined.

    In the spring of 1990 a drug called RU-486 was produced in
Europe. This drug became known as the abortion pill. Pregnant
women that took the prescribed dose would abort their fetus.
    The evil Religious Right soon screamed about the evils of
RU- 486. They called for and got a ban on its use in the US.

    All other addictive when abused drugs are now being put on
the forbidden list. Many such drugs are very useful when used to
control disease or pain. However, daily, such drugs are being
taken away from the Doctors and researchers of this country as a
result of the Panic caused by Your Glorious Leaders

    "If the drug could cause cancer in rats in any amount, then
it has to be banned. If the drug could cause an abortion in any
amount, then it cannot be banned. If this drug could become
addictive, then, it has to be banned." says Your Glorious
Leaders.

    Due to all the hazards from overdose, toxic side effects,
addictions, abuse, murders, loss of income, stealing, fighting,
broken homes, abuse, lawsuits, etc. there will be no drug use in
the panic society. They will not be manufactured or available for
any reason. This includes any medical reasons.

    Anyone that attempts to manufacture and, or use drugs, will
promptly be arrested by a robocop. (Exception, a drug that stops
the urge to play with it.)

    The Panic Society will never have to face the problems of
drug side effects, lawsuits, birth defects, gang wars, murders
etc. that has plagued people in the 20th century.





























    The 20th century may solve its drug abuse problem by one of
the following methods

1. destroy the supplies, arrest the suppliers

    This involves a massive police and armed force that will
need to be employed worldwide. Their job will be to destroy all
drugs and arrest all those involved in the production and
distribution of those drugs. Cigarettes and alcohol will also
need to be included.

    A massive prison system will need to be built in order to
handle all the new prisoners that will flood the system. It will
be the biggest growth industry in the nation. Presently, this is
happening in Michigan.

    Taxes will rise to at least 50 to 80% of all income in order
to pay for this massive effort.

    The Government of Columbia is trying to take this step. It
has resulted in civil war with thousands of arrest and many
violent deaths. Even the supreme court was machine gunned to
death while it was in session by drug assassins.

2. Seal our borders.

    This involves walling ourselves in by sealing off our
borders to all travel, imports, and export. Armed guards will
need to be stationed along all borders and seashores. They will
need to stand shoulder to shoulder so that nothing can slip by.
    Aircraft cannot be allowed to cross the border. Ships cannot
land on our shores. Such craft will be assumed to be carrying
drugs and will be dealt with accordingly.

    There can be no travel in our country unless there is prior
approval. All travelers will be subject to drug searches.

    There will be strict controls on any chemicals that could be
used to manufacture LSD, Crank, Ice, and other controlled drugs.
    There will be random drug searches of all property in order
to ferret out underground drug factories.

    This method already exist to a great extent in the foreign
country known as Russia. However, even Russia still has a drug
problem. Drugs can't even be kept out of the prisons.

3. Legalize all drugs.

    By legalizing drugs, they can now be controlled by the
Alcohol and Tobacco department and subject to the same
restrictions as cigarettes and alcohol.

    Look at all the problems created when alcohol use was banned
in the 20s. A lot of people died from bad "Bathtub Gin". All the
problems with mobsters and alcohol disappeared when it was made
legal again.

    Legalized drugs would renders the illegal sale and
transportation of drugs unprofitable. Those people out to make
that easy money will no longer be able to do so. There will no
longer be any drug related killing or gang wars. Countries like
Columbia could now regain control of their governments. The drug
lords would no longer control the governments of those countries.
More money would get into the hands of the poor local farmers
that tend the coca, poppy, and marijuana fields. No longer would
huge sums of money have to be spent, or lives lost, in the token
efforts that are now being made in trying to destroy those drug
sources.

    Drugs will now be of a uniform quality and purity. This
would make them safer to the user. I V drug use would be free of
AIDS as such drugs can now be made available packaged much like
Insulin is.

    Drugs would also be available at a much lower price. Gone is
the huge gangland markup. There will be a lot less theft and
robberies as the user will no longer need to steal the huge
amounts of cash needed to support their addiction.

    Such drugs would open up a huge industry the way that
alcohol and tobacco has. A lot of new jobs would also be created
thus reducing the unemployment rate. This industry would then
contribute tax money into the economy and thus have a big impact
in reducing the deficit.

    The need to build new prisons and finance large police
forces will be reduced as the crime rate will drop accordingly.
    The drug products will be taxed. This money can then be used
to educate the youth on the dangers of using drugs. It will also
pay for the rehabilitation centers that are needed to treat
addicts, regardless of what method is used to control drugs. This
will save a lot of tax money.

    The rehabilitation centers, funded by those taxes, will help
addicts that want to kick their drug habit. There will be care
centers to house those that fry their brains out and thus need to
be kept in institutions. There will also be a temporary increase
in the undertaker business as users are allowed to, "Burn out and
destroy their bodies."

    The use of drugs will gradually die off as the addicts
either kick the habit, or are destroyed by the drugs that they
are addicted to. This will get rid of a huge chunk of the
undesirable people of this society since the majority of such
undesirable people tend to be drug users.

     The drug industry will then gradually disappear as the
demand for their products decreases. A program similar to this is
underway in the country of Holland. It appears to be working.

    The only way to eliminate the drug problem is to eliminate
the demand for the stuff in the first place.

    So far, enforcement, education, and rehabilitation are NOT
working. Liberals will never allow for legalization as the
Clinton admistration has even tried to make cigarettes illegal.

On the Positive Side.

    There will be no problems with drug abuse, toxic side
effects, cancer, or abortion as a result of drugs.

On the Negative Side.

    There will be many deaths and severe suffering of people as
a result of them being denied drugs that could have been life
saving.

Is this all possible?

    Its starting to happen. The panic over RU-486 has resulted
in its ban. Attacks on other drugs are also under way. Lawsuits
over side effects and allergic reactions in some people have
killed the use of other useful drugs.

    Liberal democrats want to put orphan drug companies out of
business by eliminating their patents and monopoly of production
of such drugs. (An orphan drug is a product that is badly needed
by a few people for their survival).

    Joslyn Elders of the Clinton Administration wants a ban on
cigarettes. Hillery wants total control of health care and would
make it available only on a "cost effective basis". "If you are
old, or get some rare illness, you are out of luck. it is not
cost effective to pay for your care,"