"'Kate" wrote in message
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On Tue, 07 Nov 2006 13:55:34 GMT, "Tiffany" the
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"'Kate" wrote in message
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On Tue, 07 Nov 2006 00:53:15 GMT, "Tiffany" the
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"'Kate" wrote in message
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On Mon, 06 Nov 2006 21:39:48 GMT, "Tiffany" the
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And I know that pot is always
condemned the gate-way drug and for many it probably is. But not
everyone
becomes a junkie after smoking pot.

Tobacco is now the new "gateway" drug.

I don't know if that's because the powers that be have decided that it
is a "drug" so now they study it differently.

'K


So then it should be illegal?? lol

It should atleast demand that smokers pay a higher price for their drug
of
choice.

They do. The price of a pack is more than doubled by taxes in most
areas.


Still not enough and the taxes should go to health care. But just my
opinion.

They should also have to pay higher premiums for health insurance but I
think other classes of folks should pay higher premiums too BUT that is a
whole other newsgroup.

They pay higher life insurance rates. They also feed the system with
social security money because they die sooner... and they don't use the
same ongoing level of care once they're older. Lung cancer takes'em
pretty quickly.

My understanding of private health insurance policies is that they cost
more for smokers and they often test for nicotine in the system.

So what's next? Higher premiums for anyone who's 'obese', since that causes
health problems too? What about people who drink alcohol? They're
impairing their own health too...... as is anyone who picks up an STD,
anyone who drives too fast, anyone with high cholesterol, or diabetes....

By the time you get done, everyone will fall into some group who "should
also have to pay higher premiums for health insurance"

And then we're right back at square one.