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On 28/07/2010 6:57 PM, Jim Henderson wrote:
> Pot? Gives one the munchies (so
> I'm told).
>
It might do that indeed ;-)
>> > If you tell some people that
>> > something is not allowed then that will make it exciting and glamorous
>> > to them. Prohibition did not work in the USA and the “war on drugs” is
>> > IMO a waste of time and resources.
> Exactly. But don't get me started on the whole phraseology of "the war
> on 'x'", because I think the whole idea is stupid. A war is something
> that*should* be winnable, and you can't win against a concept.
>
Again, we are in agreement.
>> > Consider the Netherlands where pot while not legal is controlled and
>> > sold in coffee shops. This has not made the Dutch into a nation of pot
>> > heads. Most Dutch people I’ve met and worked with are quite dismissive
>> > of cannabis, it’s what you try when you are young.
> Yep. There's no mystery, no sense of "I'm doing something bad/wrong" or
> "I'm getting away with something I shouldn't be", and the mystique and/or
> novelty wears off as a result.
>
> It's the same reason many kids try cigarettes when they're in High School
> (or earlier) here in the US: They're not allowed to. So they rebel and
> do it behind the school while nobody's watching. Oooooo, dangerous.
> You're SUCH a bad boy.
True :-)
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Best Regards,
Stephen
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