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Originally posted by johnny:
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Originally posted by Animal:
Well I certainly don't advocate making it legal for the masses, that's opening a huge can of worms and will cause nothing but problems.
As for medicinal, I see no reason not to as long as it's not abused by both doctor and patient.
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The Netherlands is a living example that it won't cause nothing but trouble. As soon as it's legal, a lot of people rush out to get some, people who'd normally wouldn't have the guts to even think about it, then discover that it's not what they had in mind, and never bother again. Then only the ones that were already "smokers" remain, and before you know it, people are used to it and noone even notices it anymore. The only big difference is that you're no longer a criminal when you're in possession of some hash or marihuana, you no longer have to hide it when you run into a police officer, hell... you can even ask him for a light. 
[/QUOTE]Perhaps, but for it to be legal and safe it needs to be controlled by the government to prevent lacing with harshing drugs. By giving control to the government you taking away the income for a lot of small time dealers. So where do those dealers get there income from now? Cocaine, heroine, meth, crack etc...
This is the gateway that folks are talking about.