XPost: uk.legal, uk.politics.drugs   
   From: pxhxz@cadence.com   
      
   In article  "Aidy"  writes:   
      
   >Again you are missing the point.  I'm not saying we have to eliminate all   
   >risk.  I'm saying that risks should be known and communicated and *then*   
   >people can make choices.  With blanket legislation permitting all things   
   >that process is not possible.   
      
   Your conclusion does not match your premise.   
      
   If you want all risks to be known and communicated and for people to have a   
   choice, you *have* to support legalization.   
      
   With prohibition you guarantee that risks are unknown, uncommunicated or lied   
   about, and that people's choice is "don't use" or "use the riskiest possible   
   option".   
      
   Since we know from experience many people will ignore "don't use", you are   
   promoting only the riskiest possible choices.   
      
   -Pete Zakel   
    (phz@seeheader.nospam)   
      
   "The sun was shining on the sea,   
    Shining with all his might:   
    He did his very best to make   
    The billows smooth and bright --   
    And this was very odd, because it was   
    The middle of the night."   
      
   		-Lewis Carroll, "Through the Looking Glass"   
      
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