On Thu, 29 Jul 2010 08:51:59 +0100, Stephen wrote:

> On 29/07/2010 12:08 AM, Jim Henderson wrote:
>> On Wed, 28 Jul 2010 15:11:06 -0700, Patrick Elliott wrote:
>>
>>>> >>     * "Product" quality increases and you end up with fewer
>>>> >>     accidental
>>>> >>  overdoses (which can happen when one batch is really weak and the
>>>> >>  next is overly strong - IOW, no consistent quality control).
>>> >  Uh.. Sorry, but this is total bull. **Most** drugs need to stay
>>> >  illegal.
>> I agree that some do, and I mentioned a couple in another thread.
>>
>>
> I was going to ask why. Why not make all drugs legal and let the sad
> ones “stone” themselves out of the reproductive cycle. But then I
> thought of penicillin and the like. We don’t want to allow people to
> take that when they feel like it.

Yep.  Making them legal doesn't mean make then uncontrolled.  Today if I 
want to buy cough syrup with codeine in it, I have to provide information 
to the pharmacy (even for stuff that used to be over the counter) because 
large quantities of codeine can be used to make crystal meth.

That's a perfectly reasonable control.

> BTW Just a minute starts on Monday

:-)

Jim

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