Legal Activities More Harmful Than Some Illegal Drug Use?


	Legal Activities More Harmful Than Some Illegal Drug Use?

DizzyDezzi

2-8-2009 11:04 PM

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DizzyDezzi says:

I'm kind of trippin' on the good professor's name, Professor Nutt. I'm pretty sure he's heard all the jokes.

But, he has a good point. If we argue that certain drugs are illegal because it is for the public good and it is to keep health costs down, why not ban otherwise legal activities for the same purpose? I'm jus' sayin'...

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