Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/02/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I tend to agree. The attempt at prohibition in the US showed that banning drugs which people want is just an opportunity for criminals to expand their business. If all drugs were legal, taxed and controlled the money would go to the State instead of the criminals and the "dose" would be known, much less chance of accidental overdose. I am not sure how else one can control these things. Every theory has an example disproving its efficacy. It is an education and cultural thing. Frank On 8 Feb, 2010, at 03:46, Philip Leeson wrote: > Narcotic pain medications are synthetically produced nowadays. > Heroin is the "natural" product. > > Sometimes I wonder if the world would be better off if we just treated it > like alcohol, controlled and taxed. > The USA's war on drugs has certainly been a dismal failure. > > Phil > > On Feb 7, 2010, at 5:09 PM, Greg Lorenzo wrote: > >> >> Wendy Thurman wrote: >> >> >>> It's been a while since I have posted any images. I've spent some time in >>> Lashkar Gah where we operate a teaching farm for local farmers. The area >>> is >>> extremely volatile; in the second image the person on the hill is a >>> Taliban >>> spotter. This area is as spooky as any I experienced in Iraq; the >>> province >>> is home to most of the insurgent violence and produces the lion's share >>> of >>> the world's opium: >>> >>> http://wendythurman.com/page2/page3/files/page3-1001-full.html >>> >>> http://wendythurman.com/page2/page3/files/page3-1003-full.html >>> >>> Thanks for looking, >> >> >> An interesting place to photograph and some very nice shots! The >> countryside looks not unlike Iraq to me. >> >> >> >> Too bad the West doesn't just purchase the entire Afghan poppy crop lock, >> stock and barrel and either process it into necessary medicines or >> destroy it. Shortages of pain killers was an significant issue recently >> in Haiti. >> >> >> >> Greg Lorenzo >> >> Calgary, Canada >> >> _________________________________________________________________ >> Hotmail: Powerful Free email with security by Microsoft. >> http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/201469230/direct/01/ >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information