Noticed at Tue, 17 Jun 2008 21:43:00 +0100: Claude informed us:
> In article <6bpr4gF3ddvs0U1@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> drjohn@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
(Dr John Watson) wrote:
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>> He said there was a human right to use drugs, so long as it did not
>> negatively impact on the rights of others.
> It does, it impacts on friends, family, employers and society.
So does a jail sentence or a criminal record, more so than an occasional
line or spliff. "Daddy's doing 2 years for buying 10 pills for a private
party, I miss him".
> Harm from drugs legal or illegal, is not just to the user. Therein lies
> the failure of the so called harm reduction through legalisation
> argument.
You've just argued for alcohol and tobacco to be criminalised.
> "Total Harm" increases as overall use of a drug increases. That is the
> evidence of the existing legal markets in some drugs.
Is that the depth of your thought? It's a truism.
> There are human rights issues to the non user too.
Yes. Not being shot during turf wars. Not being involved in civil wars
funded by drug gangs. Not being raided by the police when they make a
mistake. Not being refused entry to the USA because mummy shared a spliff
with Jacqui.
--
Dr John Watson
Baker Street
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