In message , Svenne
writes
>On Tue, 25 Mar 2008 16:30:49 GMT, Mike_B
>wrote:
>>
>>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?
>
From what? Sane people in a free society should be educated as to the
dangers of certain courses of action. That very education which
generally causes people to choose not to drink the bleach unless they
really want to. Same for cannabis, by all means put all the evidence of
any harm out there for people to see, but accept that if in the face of
that they still want to do it then the government aren't going to stop
them.
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Mike_B |