On Wed, 7 May 2008 11:00:45 -0700 (PDT), Jerry Kraus
<jkraus_1999@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>On May 7, 10:12=A0am, b...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
(B1ackwater) wrote:
>> BBC
>> Cannabis is to be reclassified as a class B drug, Jacqui Smith has
>> said.
>>
>> The home secretary said that because of the "increased strength" of
>> some types, she wanted to reverse Tony Blair's 2004 downgrading of the
>> drug to class C.
>>
>> She highlighted "uncertainty at the least" on the future impact on
>> young people's mental health from cannabis.
>>
>> Her statement to MPs came despite the Advisory Council on the Misuse
>> of Drugs' review - commissioned by Gordon Brown - saying it should
>> stay class C.
>>
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>>
>> =A0 =A0Gee ... and here we thought they were wising-up in the UK.
>>
>> =A0 =A0Looks like "Drug-Wars Forever", even in the supposedly
>> =A0 =A0sensible countries.
>>
>> =A0 =A0Guess they needed more excuses to grind the poor and the
>> =A0 =A0immigrants under the boot-heel ...
>
>Why would you expect Marijuana use to be greater among the poor than
>the rich?
Low price, high availibility, doesn't rot mind and body
like some of the other stuff, (previously) low legal risk.
The "rich" ... they've always loved their cocaine - high
status BECAUSE it's expensive and quite illegal. Sure,
they smoke some weed too ... but that's considered kinda
proletarian.
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