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   Svenne to All   
   Re: Latest scare: Cannabis alters human    
   08 Jul 09 05:03:09   
   
   XPost: rec.drugs.cannabis, uk.legal, uk.politics.drugs   
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   From: tvaerskaegg@aol.com   
      
   On Tue, 7 Jul 2009 20:01:31 -0400, "marika"    
   wrote:   
      
   >"Svenne"  wrote in message   
   >news:f61355tesgs19hj0l90ei7et0fl1fuo931@4ax.com...   
   >   
   >> It is definitly heading that way, and not just in the USA, it's a   
   >> worldwide phenomenon. I'd give it 10-20 years before tobacco is   
   >> criminalised.   
      
   >It;s so counterintuitive though.  The tobacco industry would be a powerful   
   >stimulus industry   
      
   Prohibition isn't about making sense, fiscal or otherwise.   
      
   It's about stomping down on sin.   
      
   That's a very powerful motivator. It gives a heady rush that people   
   will sacrifice a lot for.   
      
   Svenne   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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