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The recreational use of marijuana has been glamorized over the years by such on-screen duos as Cheech & Chong and Harold & Kumar, but is the drug everything that Hollywood makes it out to be? Then again, are we being hypocritical by allowing alcohol consumption but not cannabis usage? With passionate believers on both sides of the argument, it will be interesting to see what happens when the smoke clears.
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Pot Liberalization is Not Associated With Greater Use
What 'drug problems'?
"Soon after Britain eased restrictions on marijuana use, drug problems increased, leading Prime Minister Gordon Brown to re-classify marijuana to a more serious status."
What? No, they didn't! The reclassification led to a marked drop in wasted police resources, and was widely welcomed. Brown's decision to re-reclassify cannabis as a dangerous drug flew in the face of all the expert recommendations he had received, and is regraded as a retrograde step meant entirely to boost his popularity with the 'hang&flog' brigade. It has neither popular nor scientific support.
Sabet says nothing about the nature of the 'drug problems' he claims increased during the downgraded period. Details, please - or admit that they don't exist.
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- cdavis999 September 17, 2008 2:16AM
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