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   From: drjohn@NOSPAM.hotpotmail.com   
      
   Noticed at Thu, 13 Aug 2009 12:49:04 +0100: The Todal informed us:   
      
   > Wasn't Professor Nutt the very sensible chap who compared the risks of   
   > cannabis to the risks of horse-riding and was condemned by all the stupid   
   > politicians and Glenda Slaggs?   
      
   Ecstasy, yes, I think it was The Lancet, which is peer-reviewed. If his   
   figures were wrong, the reviewer(s) would have chucked it out.   
      
   > I'd be inclined to trust him. Cannabis has a long and respectable history   
   > and a huge user-base that enables people to judge the risks and effects.   
   > I've never tried Spice Gold nor would I want to - goodness knows what goes   
   > into it and whether one supplier's ingredients would differ from   
   > another's.   
      
   When I tried spice, it was a bit like smoking perfume sprinkled on   
   diced cardboard, with a burnt (garden) grass after taste. It made me feel   
   giddy, but that could have been the carbon monoxide. It's rubbish.   
      
   If cannabis was legal, this stuff would never have been concocted.   
      
   It's illegal in Holland - I bet (1) nobody uses it and (2) they don't turn   
   a blind eye to the sale of perfumed bonfire.   
      
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   John Watson   
   London   
      
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