The drug "problem" will never be legalised nor cease to exist unless people become aware of and demand a change in the involvment of our country in the big money politics that go along with it. Even then it might not happen; there is so much money involved and political careers involved, it is risky to rock the boat.

For anyone who doubts that our government is already a "pusher", I urge you to read "Deep Cover" by Michael Levine, Dell books, 1990. He was a former DEA group supervisor and international undercover agent, during the time our gov. was supplying the Contras. He calls America's war on drugs, "the biggest, costliest, most dangerous failure of American policy since Vietnam." Then, he backs it up with detailed recounting of major cases which he worked on and which our government fumbled to the point of loss and no prosecution of some of the biggest drug "lords" in the world.

I have a used paperback copy I will send out to anyone who wants to read it, as I am done with it.

Sorry, Rick, I know it is thread creep you were hoping to avoid.:-)

kat