where do the taliban in Afghanistan get the lions share of their cash? Well they dont just grow all those Poppies because they're pretty.
So... by legalizing it this will hurt the Taliban somehow? Are you suggesting that it be law that you can only buy it from US poppy fields or something? If you're caught with the drugs, how would the police/government know weather it came from America or Afghanistan?
Just imagine if all the profits made from heroin went to helping the addicts instead of up a big criminal chain.
You really think this would happen? Do all the profits from the sale of tobacco go to helping the addicts? Of course not! They go to people who are already very rich, and the addicts just have to go on buying their product.
Having said all this, I'm all for the legalization of cannabis. It doesn't really hurt anyone and alcohol is actually a much more dangerous substance. But heroin et al. are a different story completely, and should remain illegal IMO.
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Bandwidth would be pretty good, but the ping would be terrible!
those regimes that claim to be open and against censorship, by pulling aside the curtain and revealing the reality
Like the UK, for example.
Seven years... Pharmaceutical data?
Sure, because 640K ought to be enough for anybody, right? ;-)
XBMC, anyone? Seems perfect, if only it had either: a) A more powerful CPU b) Hardware video decoding
Why not just use RFC 1149? ;-)
Wow, imagine a Beowulf.... blah blah.
where do the taliban in Afghanistan get the lions share of their cash? Well they dont just grow all those Poppies because they're pretty.
So... by legalizing it this will hurt the Taliban somehow? Are you suggesting that it be law that you can only buy it from US poppy fields or something? If you're caught with the drugs, how would the police/government know weather it came from America or Afghanistan?
Just imagine if all the profits made from heroin went to helping the addicts instead of up a big criminal chain.
You really think this would happen? Do all the profits from the sale of tobacco go to helping the addicts? Of course not! They go to people who are already very rich, and the addicts just have to go on buying their product. Having said all this, I'm all for the legalization of cannabis. It doesn't really hurt anyone and alcohol is actually a much more dangerous substance. But heroin et al. are a different story completely, and should remain illegal IMO.
Er... what am I missing here, why the heck is this story even on Slashdot, which is primarily a technology news site?
The day Microsoft release a product that doesn't suck will be the day they release their first vacuum cleaner!
Wow, imagine a Beowulf cluster of those!
Didn't they try something like this in Springfield? (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simpsons_Movie
Good point!
lol! That was a good episode!