Cigar Zin

[n144mann]

I disagree with you on this one foodie. As an original rebel myself....one who lived to break the rules, and still likes to at times [img]http://www.wines.com/ubb/smile.gif[/img]....I can understand that arguement....but I think it is a grand simplification of a much more complicated issue.

Get rid of the ciminals?? Get real honey....there is always going to be a black market for drugs. WAY too much money involved for it to be any other way.

Making the drugs legal is NOT going to solve the problem. In my opinion, the forbiddeness issue plays a small role in the drug use of todays kids. Todays kids are expected to carry unbelievable loads compared to years past....they are learing in jr high things that used to be taught in high school and college, they are expected to be mature and able to handle adult issues (sex, parenthood, jobs, school)things that are well beyond their maturity and stress levels, and are being expected to do it without the proper parental/authoritative guidance. Look at the statisics... depression and suicide are high, many of our youth are a mess, and looking for something or someone (drugs and gangs etc) to escape into and find the support they crave. It is a complicated issue, and my statement here is also a simplification..but I don't think making drugs legal will solve the problem.

Based on my own experiences with drugs in my high school and college years...10 years ago give or take a year or two....I think having the drugs legalized would have made it more popular in the crowd I ran with. There are always those attracted to the forbidden fruit thing...but for each of those, there were a couple who were curious, but because it was illegal, and because they had a lot to lose if they got busted, they abstained from trying it. If it were legal that stigma would have been removed, and of my crowd anyway (upper middle class-college educated types)...there would have been a lot more experimentation. Just my opinion based on my own experiences.

Nancy



[This message has been edited by n144mann (edited 10-09-99).]