My point is alcohol used properly is safe, even beneficial in non-addicts.
Drugs can never be either.
>From: Julian Bradley <[log in to unmask]>
>Reply-To: GP-UK <[log in to unmask]>
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: GMC and Drug Addiction
>Date: Mon, 8 Mar 2004 13:49:49 +0000
>
>At 11:20 08/03/04, you wrote:
>>alcohol can be used responsibly by the vast majority of people who are not
>>alcoholics. If drugs were legalised, how would u ensure that an 18 yr old
>>girl out on the town on saturday nite could do so?
>
>What exactly is it that we do to _ensure_ that the 18 year old girl out on
>the town uses alcohol properly? The fall out in terms of unwanted
>pregnancies, STDs, emotional regrets, RTA injuries, assaults, involvement
>with harder drugs often start with alcohol and tobacco.
>
>Does criminalization with ineffectual and inadequate enforcement protect
>anyone?
>
>If you can't enforce a law, just as much as if it's a bad law for any other
>reason, why not ditch it?
>
>Julian
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