On 3/16/2016 4:46 PM, Jim Henderson wrote:
> On Fri, 11 Mar 2016 00:42:14 +0000, Stephen wrote:
>
>> On 3/10/2016 10:46 PM, Jim Henderson wrote:
>>> Quite possibly.  There's a stigma for pot users that somehow people who
>>> drink alcohol or smoke tobacco don't have (though in the US at least,
>>> tobacco users do have more stigma now than, say, 30 years ago).
>>
>> That view seems to have gone here. It is so common place. It might be
>> just the people I meet. There is a lot more tolerance than there was
>> when I was the age to smoke it.
>> Or maybe it's because I live in London - Sin City.
>
> Could be.
>
> The irony is that the criminalization of pot in the US is driven largely
> (but not exclusively) by a party that claims to be about "personal
> responsibility".  There's an irony in that.
>

Strange isn't it that parties who want a smaller governments are so keen 
on passing oppressive laws?


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Regards
     Stephen

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