XPost: uk.legal, uk.politics.drugs   
   From: proto@panix.com   
      
   In article ,   
    "R. Mark Clayton"  wrote:   
      
   > Criminalising drugs that lead to compulsive use was not "immoral idiocy",   
   > quite the reverse, however legalising them might be a pragmatic way to   
   > reduce the crime associated with addicts funding their addiction, given that   
   > eradication is struggling.   
   >   
   > Compare Chinese attempts to kill all their rats...   
      
   If compulsive use should be a criterion for banishing refined sugar is   
   pretty high on the list.   
      
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    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)