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US Drug Policy Infringes On Personal Freedom
URL: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v04/n948/a06.html
Newshawk: Kirk
Pubdate: Tue, 29 Jun 2004
Source: Daily Herald, The (Provo, UT)
Copyright: 2004 The Daily Herald
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Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/1480
Author: Kirk Muse
Referenced: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v04/n925/a12.html
US DRUG POLICY INFRINGES ON PERSONAL FREEDOM
Kudos for your outstanding editorial: "Peyote ruling a victory for
the First Amendment."
I'd like to add that when the government has the authority to decide
which religious practices are "valid" and which ones are not,
we no longer have a free country.
It seems to me that adult citizens of a so-called free country should be
free to smoke, swallow, snort or inject any substance that they want,
especially in the privacy of their own home -- as long as they are
personally responsible for the consequences.
A free country's government cannot protect adult citizens from
themselves and a free country's government has no legitimate authority
attempting to do so.
A free country should be just that -- a free country.
Kirk Muse
Mesa, Ariz
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