XPost: uk.politics.drugs, uk.legal   
   From: bliss@sfo.com   
      
   Walter Bushell wrote:   
   > In article <88af45t4ppr7q8nqbcsofbbgiat28bfmcs@4ax.com>,   
   >  Svenne  wrote:   
   >   
   >> On Sun, 28 Jun 2009 15:27:59 +0100, "Aidy"    
   >> wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> 500,000 a year die from smoking, 700 from heroin.   
   >>> The difference?  Smoking is legal, advertised and promoted.  Hey, why not   
   >>> legalise heroin too?  It will mean less people getting addicted and less   
   >>> deaths.   
   >> Better still, why not criminalise tobacco.   
      
   	Because prohibition is simply evil when applied to consensual   
   acts by or between consenting adults.   
      
   >>   
   >> Svenne   
   >   
   > The people who die from heroin basically die because heroin is illegal.   
      
   	That is an oversimplification but many do indeed die because of the   
   illegality of this drug.   
      
   	later   
   	bliss   
      
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