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Emit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-23-11 10:43 AM
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Mexico's Ex-President Vicente Fox: Legalize Drugs
Mexico's Ex-President Vicente Fox: Legalize Drugs

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"Prohibition didn't work in the Garden of Eden. Adam ate the apple," says Fox, 68, looking relaxed in a polo shirt — in contrast to his stressful last days in office. "We have to take all the production chain out of the hands of criminals and into the hands of producers — so there are farmers that produce marijuana and manufacturers that process it and distributors that distribute it and shops that sell it ... I don't want to say that legalizing means that drugs are good. They are not good but bad for your health, and you shouldn't take them. But ultimately, this responsibility is with citizens."


http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,2040882,00.html#ixzz1Bq3TJwlJ
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sarcasmo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-23-11 10:46 AM
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1. Easier to say once you are out of office. Legalize personal usage now!
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msongs Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-23-11 11:16 AM
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2. the government police state makes too much money by drugs being illegal nt
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bemildred Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-23-11 11:38 AM
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3. Capitalism was built on drugs.
Tea, opium, coffee, sugar, tobacco, rum, ...

Nothing else gives you that huge profit margin.
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