Harry, I'm glad we have something on which to agree.
Bill On Sun, 2 Nov 2003 00:51:04 -0800 "Harry Pollard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Brad, > > Actually, the money that is being wasted on the immensely > expensive War On Drugs could perhaps be put to better use > rehabilitating the victims. In any event, because the free market > at present is illegal, obscene profits can be made in drugs and > there is every incentive to hook as many people as possible. > > I saw awhile ago that a drug pusher in junior high school could > make $200 a week in his trade. Sooner we decriminalize it the > better. > > Harry > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Brad > McCormick, Ed.D. > Sent: Saturday, November 01, 2003 4:00 AM > To: Keith Hudson > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [Futurework] The economics of poppydom > > Keith Hudson wrote: > > It is little stories that appear in the press -- but which you > never > > hear anything more about them -- that give the clues as to some > of the > > big issues that are happening under the surface. > [snip] > > But will there be a limit to drug use in the developed world or > will > > it grow /pari passu /with the growing numbers of the underclass > -- > > those who live in inner city boroughs and suburban hellholes? > I'm > > inclined to think that drug use will steadily grow, as indeed > the > > underclass grows due to the increasing skill divide that is now > a > > feature of the employment structure of developed countries' > economies. > [snip] > > "Economists" and other statistical scientists seem pretty adept > at predicting things and calculating the amount of such things as > the "dark matter in the universe". Surely they should be able to > calculate the amount of dark money in the economy from the > perturbations of people's observable economic behavior? Kepler > needed only [if I remember right] 8 minutes of arc to see that > all previous astronomy was wrong, and to propose the universally > correct alternative (elliptical vs circular orbits). > > I agree that "drugs" should be legalized, and then the persons > (including myself) who are concerned about how much they are used > and the effect of this on our society, should use the free market > to take market share away from "drugs" and redirect it to things > like persons seeking more education, and redesigning work so that > persons find satisfaction doing it. > > \brad mccormick > > _______________________________________________ > Futurework mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://scribe.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework > > ________________________________________________________________ The best thing to hit the internet in years - Juno SpeedBand! Surf the web up to FIVE TIMES FASTER! Only $14.95/ month - visit www.juno.com to sign up today! _______________________________________________ Futurework mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://scribe.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework
