Re: more BS about narcotics


"OldGoat" <oldgoatmail@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Hey folks,

Here's another one. Politicians and the media machine keep pumping out all
about their tens and hundreds of thousands of deaths of our young folks
from the "DEMON of drugs, particularly Rx drugs." At least that's what
they want you to think.
The drug problem is so "widespread" that it killed 800 kids a year (1/4 of
3200, right?). That a huge problem, 800 out of a country of 250,000,000.
Or about 6 months in Iraq. That's the kind of lies and spin we constantly
see from these organizations that without the "drug war", would be
looking for work. Only a fool believes what the authorities say or takes
their reported numbers relating to drugs as unbiased. We can't handle the
raw data, because it's all corrupted, spun like a washing machine on the
spin cycle, and if word got out how much money they made both selling and
stopping the flow of drugs, the country would explode.
I know that this is not the real subject of the article, I merely post it
to demonstrate what a crock of crap this "drug war" is, how minute the
problem truly is, and how occasionally they slip up and put their
collective feet in their mouths. The government lies are now alive and
well and living on the net for all to see. The public just has to wake up
and read it. See the lies and contradictions side by side. Once the
biggest skeptic sees it for what it is, things will change (or some of us
will have contracts on our heads. I wasn't using mine anyway).

Painless Eve to all-og
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Alcohol a Bigger Threat to U.S. Youth Than Drugs
THURSDAY, June 29 (HealthDay News) -- Alcohol abuse by minors results in
almost 3,200 deaths a year -- four times more than deaths due to all
illegal drug use combined, a new study finds.


Underage drinking also costs the United States $62 billion each year, the
researchers found.


Despite these numbers, policymakers remain focused on the impact and
prevention of drug use in minors, rather than alcohol, the study's authors
said. The budget for anti-drug use by America's youth is nearly 25 times
that of public funds earmarked for the prevention of alcohol use.


"Alcohol-related traffic crashes, violence, teen pregnancies, STDs, burns,
drownings, alcohol poisoning, property damage and other risks take a human
and economic toll that's much greater than illegal drugs. Yet, we spend so
much more on youth drug abuse," study author Ted Miller, director of the
Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation (PIRE), said in a prepared
statement.


Miller's team at the PIRE Public Services Research Institute in Calverton,
Md., found that a large number of minors are drinking great quantities of
alcohol. In fact, the study showed that underage youth consume at least 16
percent of all alcohol sold in the United States, a number the researchers
called conservative.


The costs of underage drinking come from a variety of sources, with
expenses linked to traffic accidents alone totaling roughly $13.7 billion
per year.


"Drinks in bars, drinks in cars, drinks stolen form Mom's liquor cabinet:
The average harm from a kid's illegal drink is $3," said Miller. "That's
far more than the 85-cent price tag those drinks carry. It dwarfs the 10
cents in taxes we collect or the 40 cents in profit the alcohol industry
reaps," he said.


Miller said poor legal enforcement is a major factor in the underage
drinking epidemic, and that stricter regulations and inspections of
institutions where alcohol is sold would cut the amount of alcohol getting
into minors' hands. Improvements in identification and age-verification,
driving curfews, zero-tolerance laws and regulations placing liability on
parents who allow underage drinking in their home would also help control
the problem, he said.


The study is published in the July issue of Journal of Studies on Alcohol.


Let's not forget that the Alcohol industry donates millions to political
campaigns every year. Those lawmakers know who butters their bread!


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