On 3/10/2016 12:26 PM, Thomas de Groot wrote:
> On 10-3-2016 11:59, Stephen wrote:
>> On 3/10/2016 8:14 AM, Thomas de Groot wrote:
>>>
>>> The difficulty seems to be the impossibility to really pull weed out of
>>> the criminal circuit. That is where most of the efforts fail in the end.
>>
>> Maybe impossible is not the right word. Legalising the herb would
>> automatically do that. Okay that is a simplification and a lot of
>> criminals would still be involved at the start as they have the networks.
>
> Indeed. Legalising would have to be total /and/ everywhere, otherwise
> legal stuff will be hijacked towards non-legalised regions.
>

I don't know. Let the prohibitionists look after them selves.


>
> I suppose international treaties are a major stumbling block, and then
> we are only talking about weed: the whole business of xtc and party
> drugs is yet another kettle of fish. All quite established in the main
> stream society today, yet hardly controlled or illegal-proof.
>

Yes we might have gone too far making the drugs we had in the past 
illegal. The door to legal highs has been opened.


>>
>>
>>> - the strength and resilience of the 'under'-world is a fair
>>> match to the 'upper'-world.
>>
>> Indeed it is.
>>
>
> Unfortunately, and far from the awareness of the average citizen.
>

I wouldn't know. Being squeaky clean, myself. :-)


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Regards
     Stephen

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