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On Apr 5, 9:39=A0pm, "Mark W"  wrote: > > Similarly, if cannabis users were convicted every time they used > > cannabis, they would mostly be in jail for a victimless, non-violent > > "crime", completely unnecessarily, and to society's cost (not to > > mention their own). =A0And if every cannabis user who passed a joint to > > a friend was convicted of dealing, this effect would be magnified. > > You go and live in a society of 'stoners' then.

A typically helpful comment from a "war on (some) drugs" advocate. I suppose anyone who says that adults should be allowed to drink responsibly should go and live in a society of alcoholics as well?

Alcohol: the achilles heel of the drug zealots. It's *so* easy to make them look stupid and hypocritical because of it.