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Originally Posted by ntluser
I'll quite happily campaign for people's RIGHT to drink, smoke etc but not to the degree that in exercising their rights other innocent people get hurt, injured or killed.
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I think this is the point others have been trying to make, cannabis should be treated much the same as alcohol and cigarettes, where the illegality is not in the substance but in its abuse as this applies equally to cannabis for the very reasons you state.
Legalise it, but regulate and tax it on the same basis as alcohol and tobacco.
This is what is being advocated for cannabis, not a "free for all" anything goes attitude, a sensible recognition that, in many ways, cannabis is actually far less harmful to the user than either alcohol or tobacco and even less so when one considers its impact on innocent third parties.
The hypocrisy of government is treating alcohol and tobacco differently simply because they raise vast amounts of money for the exchequer. The hypocrisy of many individuals lies in the fact they smoke or drink themselves, but do not see either as †œdrug⠃¢â€šÂ¬Ã‚ use.