From: [o--to--g] at [freenet.tlh.fl.us] (John G. Otto)
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Subject: what would be a crime in an objectvist country...
Date: Fri, 17 Jun 1994 16:22:10 +0400

> If you want to wipe out the drug barons and their
> networks of pushers, simply make drugs legal to buy
> over-the-counter in licensed stores, like alcohol and
> tobacco.  The Mafia dropped distributing alcohol as soon
> as prohibition was repealed; the drug barons will go out
> of business even faster.

Opium was included in the USA cost of living index in 1904.
The going price was $4/pound (adjusted by CPI that becomes about 
$55/pound in current terms).
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