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Copyright © 2006 Shlomi Fish
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| Revision 5374 | 4 June 2012 | shlomif |
| Add the two Calamities of Nature strips. This is the third version. | ||
| Revision 5270 | 28 April 2012 | shlomif |
| Add the section about drug users who become drug dealers becoming exposed to more drugs. Add the section about drug users forming a subculture and tending to associate with one another. Add the part about “buying as much as one can afford”. | ||
| Revision 3284 | 2 January 2009 | shlomif |
| Converted to DocBook 5 and added the section “Note about Why Politicians Support The Prohibition”. | ||
| Revision 1801 | 29 February 2008 | shlomif |
| Fixed some typos, added the “What you can do about it?” section and added the “Links” section. | ||
| Revision 1548 | 28 July 2006 | shlomif |
| Finished the first published version. | ||
| Revision 1518 | 14 October 2005 | shlomif |
| Forked the text from a previous document, and starting to adapt it. | ||
Many people take the prohibition on the currently illegal narcotics (e.g: Marijuana, Cocaine, Heroin) for granted. They believe that just because the drugs are physically harmful, they should be banned. Yet, this is very far from the fact. While drugs can be harmful, there is no good reason to make them illegal. In fact, the prohibition on drugs causes so many undesirable side-effects, that they must be made legal.
If this sounds fantastic to you - read on, I’m sure you’ll find out that I know what I’m saying.
The war on drugs has been supported by both the left and right political camps, and has only been rejected by Libertarians and various other minority groups who hold this view. As a result, most people who believe they should choose between left, right or middle, think drug prohibition is acceptable on everybody. But this is not the case. The prohibition on drugs is very harmful to the public and individual well-being and must be eradicated as soon as possible.