Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: notesfiles - hp internal release 1.2; site hp-kirk.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!decvax!harpo!seismo!hao!hplabs!hp-pcd!daver From: daver@hp-pcd.UUCP Newsgroups: net.politics Subject: Re: two propositions Message-ID: <12800016@hp-pcd.UUCP> Date: Sat, 18-Feb-84 21:32:00 EST Article-I.D.: hp-pcd.12800016 Posted: Sat Feb 18 21:32:00 1984 Date-Received: Sat, 11-Feb-84 06:36:18 EST References: <-165000@smu.UUCP> Organization: Hewlett-Packard - Corvallis, OR Lines: 16 Nf-ID: #R:smu:16500012:hp-kirk:12800016:000:751 Nf-From: hp-kirk!daver Feb 7 18:32:00 1984 "The one thing we learn from history is that we don't learn from history." We tried to solve the drunk driver problem (and several others) once with something called Prohibition. All we got from it was a severe case of Organized Crime. What are we gaining from illegal marijuana? Here in Oregon it is unlikely that marijuana will be legalized. The problem is that if marijuana were legal dealers would be unable to charge the prices they are getting today (marijuana is a weed and can be grown by anyone almost anywhere), and marijuana has been officially estimated to be the largest cash crop in the state. Clearly it is in the interest of the state economy, and especially the growers, to keep it illegal. Dave Rabinowitz hplabs!hp-pcd!daver