From: Jack Hollis on
On Sun, 09 May 2010 15:03:47 -0500, Horvath(a)net.net wrote:

>No disrespect intended to you, but I learned more watching Reno 911
>than you did in the NYPD.

Never watched it.
From: Jack Hollis on
On Sun, 9 May 2010 15:14:20 -0700 (PDT), "John B."
<johnb505(a)gmail.com> wrote:

>The crime syndicates were extremely prosperous for decades after
>prohibition was repealed and some still are.

True, but that's because of other "moral" laws like prostitution,
gambling and drugs.
From: Jack Hollis on
On Sun, 9 May 2010 15:16:14 -0700 (PDT), "John B."
<johnb505(a)gmail.com> wrote:

>Should narcotics be sold in retail stores, like alcohol, or do you
>favor creating a government bureaucracy to dispense them?

You could just add new product lines to your local liquor store.
From: Jack Hollis on
On Sun, 9 May 2010 15:19:58 -0700 (PDT), "John B."
<johnb505(a)gmail.com> wrote:

>>
>> >They are not easy to get for anyone who wants them. If I wanted to buy
>> >cocaine or heroin, I would have no idea how to do it.
>>
>> What can I say John, you're just not cool.
>
>I used to be.

So back then, if you wanted to get drugs you could have.

Most people start using drugs when they're young and they are readily
available to any young person who wants them. So I don't think that
drugs being illegal has very much effect on how many people use them.
From: Jack Hollis on
On Sun, 9 May 2010 15:22:28 -0700 (PDT), "John B."
<johnb505(a)gmail.com> wrote:

>On May 9, 12:11=A0pm, Jack Hollis <xslee...(a)aol.com> wrote:
>> On Sat, 8 May 2010 10:08:09 -0700 (PDT), "John B."
>>
>> <johnb...(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>> >> Our legal system makes it a criminal offense to be in the US illegally=
>.
>>
>> >Except if you come from Cuba. The moment a Cuban refugee sets foot on
>> >US soil, he's legal.
>>
>> Other national groups who suffer political opression like the Cubans
>> are also allowed to stay.
>
>Others have to apply for refugee status. No one else gets it
>automatically.

That's true but after a while you no longer need to process Cubans
because the outcome is always the same.