tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7838969.post8701428711589645722..comments2023-10-05T01:28:59.704+11:00Comments on Kings Cross Times: Prohibitionists still peddling their nonsenseThe Editorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16827285775130578187noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7838969.post-5793918100206060262009-08-11T14:30:58.532+10:002009-08-11T14:30:58.532+10:00Interesting that the article mentions the BBC foot...Interesting that the article mentions the BBC footage of a journalist undergoing a pure THC injection and "the unpleasant results" but fails to mention the other part of the documentary, where the researchers inject her with a 50/50 mix of THC and CBD and she giggles so hard she can't talk for several minutes... <br /><br />Google you tube and THC injection for the full video footage.<br /><br />Dr Jane.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7838969.post-69050703507360054922009-08-03T16:05:27.534+10:002009-08-03T16:05:27.534+10:00I agree -- the forces of middleclass self-righteou...I agree -- the forces of middleclass self-righteousness are indeed on the warpath. You are also right re the 'drugs less harmful than alcohol' argument -- therefore, say the temperance brigade, ban that too. But they argue themselves into a dead-end because you can't legislate the fundamentals of human nature out of existence. You only drive it underground and increase the harms. As we saw in the days of Al Capone. Prohibition simply doesn't work.The Editorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16827285775130578187noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7838969.post-73665454012468119142009-08-03T15:49:26.837+10:002009-08-03T15:49:26.837+10:00It has occurred to me recently with the bad name a...It has occurred to me recently with the bad name alcohol is receiving these days, that we might be witnessing a distinct and weighty push towards achohol prohibition again. I wonder if one of the standard arguments we often use against drug prohibition (that many banned recreational drugs are less harmful than alcohol) may actually fuel an argument for alcohol prohibition.<br />Dangerous stuff this prohibition.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com