>And let's assume all coca fields are destroyed. Will the addicts stop taking
>drugs, or will they turn to other drugs? And will there be a time where the
>RS have to torch vineyards, distilleries and tobacco fields?
>
>Bad as those crops are, there are whole economies built around them. Of
>course, it's all right when it happens to South American countries: serve
>the scoundrels right for poisoning us in the first place! But what of the
>vineyards, distilleries and tobacco fields I mentioned earlier? Where does
>one stop? Aren't there questions the RS aren't asking themselves? Wouldn't
>it make more sense to try and tackle the problem at the root, wherever that
>may be?
>
>It seems to me changing the world is an enormous can of worms, and I'm just
>waiting to see how the RS are going to deal with it.
>


Which is in large measure exactly the problem we'll be driving toward.

jms

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