http://www.lvrj.com/opinion/9812692.html
Sep. 16, 2007
VIN SUPRYNOWICZ: New York Times parachutes into Vegas again to make stuff up
***Begin Quote***
… … the fruitlessness of laws that seek to ban consensual acts including gambling, self-medication and sex for hire?
***End Quote***
One really has to wonder about the people and their reps. Do they live in an alternative universe from the rest of us? In that alternative universe, maybe making gambling, drugs, and prostitution illegal stops real people from doing them, but not in the real world.
Making these illegal, ensure that the mob has a constant source of income. Make them legal, would put the mob in competition with a host of internet gambling sites, WalMart & many other “drug” stores, and bevy of “escort” services now legal.
Every time I hear of a person, usually a youngster, dying of a drug over dose or impurity in the stuff, I blame gooferment. If the stuff was legal, it would be USP certified and cheap. Then, we could focus on treatment. So, be ready, when you ask me if little kids should be able to buy “drugs”, my answer is that they do now. And, your stupid laws, that are attempting to legislate morality on other people by force of gooferment, are killing people.
Argh!
Join the real world, and let’s work on solutions that will really fix problems. If you’re going to stay in that alternative universe, then please keep your ideas from leaking in over here.
Double Argh!
# # # # #
Reinke Faces Life 