Ray Dillinger <bear@sonic.net> wrote:
Drugs will never be legalized in the United States. We've been focusing on legislators, but the problem is even more basic than that: The Mafiosi and the gangsters won't allow it.
They can't make the kind of profit margins they're accustomed to when legal suppliers can produce coke for $6 an ounce or Marijuana for $1.50 a 40-pound bale.
Never say never, especially since drugs had been legal in the United States. Prior to passage of the Harrison Act in 1914 drugs like cocaine were widely available at any general stores or pharmacy. And such drugs could be purchased by anyone, including children. Marijuana was criminalized in 1937. BTW, cocaine is produced legally in some areas (It is used for dental procedures in some nations) and the price hovers around $10-14 (US) for a kilo. Incidentally, in the cocaine producing areas such as Columbia and northern Ecuador you can purchase a single kilo of refined cocaine for around $100 (US). Regards, Matt- ************************************************************************** Subscribe to Freematt's Alerts: Pro-Individual Rights Issues Send a blank message to: freematt@coil.com with the words subscribe FA on the subject line. List is private and moderated (7-30 messages per month) Matthew Gaylor, 2175 Bayfield Drive, Columbus, OH 43229 (614) 313-5722 Archived at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/fa/ **************************************************************************