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Greyhound

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Sun Aug-20-06 05:15 PM
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29. Thank you and welcome to DU! I wish I could take credit for the

power angle, but it was Noam Chomsky that put it best, IMO.

To paraphrase him; These people (the ruling class) are not stupid, if they have pursued a "war on drugs" for over forty years with the only result being an exacerbation of the problem, then the elimination of drug use is obviously not the true goal and we have to look at what the policy has produced to justify it's continued existence.

Since the major results of the "drug war" have been an increase in governmental power and diminution of individual liberty, these must be the real goals.

:kick: :hi:

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