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   XPost: uk.legal, uk.politics.drugs   
   From: proto@panix.com   
      
   In article   
   ,   
    sobriquet  wrote:   
      
   >   
   > The facts are crystal-clear: Cannabis is not particularly harmful nor   
   > risky for   
   > well-informed adults. There is no reason whatsoever to waste time and   
   > energy   
   > protecting adults against themselves as far as cannabis is concerned,   
   > especially   
   > given that the government entrusts them with lethal quantities of   
   > alcohol for   
   > recreational purposes.   
   > Cannabis prohibition is very harmful and counterproductive. It means   
   > drug education is   
   > ineffective, because the emphasis is not on responsible use as opposed   
   > to abuse, but   
   > on a rather arbitrary distinction between legal and illegal drugs,   
   > with no scientific basis whatsoever   
   > for that legislative bias.   
      
   Perhaps it could be made available then in regulated smoking   
   establishments, with draconian penalties for allowing underage people to   
   smoke?   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)