XPost: uk.legal, uk.politics.drugs   
   From: invalid@invalid.com   
      
   "Aidy"  wrote in message   
   news:APmdnR-PHrhwVNnXnZ2dnUVZ8iKdnZ2d@bt.com...   
   > "Mr X"  wrote in message   
   > news:h229go$uhn$1@frank-exchange-of-views.oucs.ox.ac.uk...   
   >   
   >> Why not? Why would unregulated drugs be an issue?   
   >   
   > Look at the substance in question.  Do you *seriously* think a g'ment is   
   > going to green-light such a thing?   
   >   
   I don't see why not.  It was legal in the past without the country falling   
   apart.   
      
   >> Do you think people would use a back-street drugs dealer rather than   
   >> drugs made by a large pharma company?   
   >   
   > Do people buy pirate DVDs?  Bootleg cigs?  Bootleg booze?  Conterfeit   
   > perfume?  Yes.  Why?  Even though the quality is not the same and often   
   > unknown people just care that it is cheaper.   
   >   
   That is a tiny percentage of the market.  Many of these items are made by   
   the same companies but have been illegally imported.  The number of people   
   buying counterfiet cigarettes or alchol is vanishingly small.  How many   
   people are treated in hospital for methanol poisoning from illegal alcohol?   
      
   >> Is there a large trade in illegal alcohol?   
   >   
   > Yes.  Now run along and come back when you have the first clue of what   
   > you're talking about.   
   >   
   See above.   
      
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