On Tue, 25 Mar 2008 16:30:49 GMT, Mike_B
wrote:
>In message <2t8iu3582g44i4tfefj035sh3sqhtkd2dr@4ax.com>, Svenne
> writes
>>On Tue, 25 Mar 2008 15:11:06 GMT, Mike_B
>>wrote:
>>
>>>In message , Svenne
>>
>>>>The government protects both adults and children from harmful drugs.
>>
>>>No, it really doesn't. We all know that if adults want illegal drugs,
>>>they can have them and if that the state pays for tons of legal drugs
>>>for them.
>>
>>The laws are not always as effective as they should be, but the
>>government is constantly reviewing regulation and improving their
>>efforts.
>>
>>Soon cannabis will be reclassified and users will face a pogrom and
>>more severe punishments. And the screws will be tightened in regard to
>>tobacco over the coming years.
>>
>>So you can't say that they aren't trying to protect us.
>>
>
>>Svenne
>>
>
>Cannabis was class B anyway until fairly recently and it didn't stop
>people using it, so why should returning it to class B stop people using
>it?
>
>Besides, if the government is so keen that adults and children be unable
>to take a substance which is harmful, how come I can go to the corner
>shop and buy a bottle of bleach and some rat poison then call to a
>couple of chemists on the way back and buy enough paracetamol to destroy
>all my internal organs?
>
>I can't see how anyone can seriously claim that the government's pissing
>about with cannabis classification is an indication of their wish to
>protect us all from harmful substances.
>The fact is, parents need to protect their children from harmful
>substances, not the government.
But who will protect the parents?
Svenne |