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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