XPost: uk.politics.drugs, uk.legal   
   From: tvaerskaegg@aol.com   
      
   On Tue, 12 May 2009 05:11:15 +0100, Dr John Watson   
    wrote:   
      
   >But David Anderson, professor of African studies at Oxford University, who   
   >co-wrote The Qat Controversy with Klein, said: "The medical evidence [of   
   >harm] is so flimsy compared to other substances. It's really quite   
   >difficult to justify [a ban]."   
      
   Bollox.   
      
   It is dead easy to justify a ban. Just put a Daily Mail journalist on   
   the job for ten minutes and angry mobs will be storming Parliament   
   demanding criminalisation with life imprisonment for Qat.   
      
   I read a Swedish report on the social effects of Qat a while ago. I'll   
   post a brief synopsis of it when and if I get the time to dig it out.   
      
   Svenne   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)