Re: IE: Crime expert: Using drugs a human right
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tvaerskaegg@aol.com () wrote:
> *From:* tvaerskaegg@aol.com
> *Date:* Tue, 17 Jun 2008 20:48:49 -0700 (PDT)
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> On 18 Jun, 05:18, peterwn wrote:
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> > On Jun 18, 1:05 am, Dr John Watson
> > wrote:
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> > > DRUGS should be legalised because there is a _human right_ to
> > use
> > > them, according to a new book by an Irish criminal law expert.
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> > Human 'right' - at the expense of the long suffering taxpayer for
> > health and welfare bills.
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> Prohibition is an innefficent, socially damaging and ridiculously
> expensive way of enforcing the indefensible.
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> It would be far cheaper and less damaging to regulate drugs within a
> legal context.
Cocaine & Heroin and Fentanyl and Methadone are so regulated in the UK.
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> Svenne
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date: Sat, 21 Jun 2008 12:25 +0100 (BST)
author: (Claude)
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