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   "Dr John Watson"  wrote in message   
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   >> A significant number of people are able to smoke marijuana with no   
   >> apparant   
   >> adverse affects.  It is the very few who are affected where the concern   
   >> lies.   
   >   
   > So they criminalise the vast majority who are unaffected.   
      
   I suppose it would be useful if those who did have a propensity to a   
   psychosis could be diagnosed.  But I understand the situation is that they   
   can't, and those who are affected can suffer a very significant and   
   debilitating degradation of their life, where treatment can last for   
   decades.   
      
   Maybe if those could be distinguished from the rest, there would be a valid   
   argument for general legalisation because those would be able to be   
   protected.  But it seems they cannot.  So how else can they be protected?   
      
   Iain   
      
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