News (Media Awareness Project) - New Zealand: PUB LTE: Prohibition The Major Danger |
| Title: | New Zealand: PUB LTE: Prohibition The Major Danger |
| Published On: | 2001-04-19 |
| Source: | Otago Daily Times (New Zealand) |
| Fetched On: | 2008-01-26 17:59:14 |
PROHIBITION THE MAJOR DANGER
I'D LIKE TO thank Dr Ivan Harper for his reflections on my stance against
cannabis prohibition (6.4.01).
It is an honour to have been the subject of one of his unique diatribes.
The prejudice and fear that clouds Dr Harper's view of cannabis and
cannabis law reform might have been taken seriously 10 or 15 years ago, but
times have changed.
These days a large number of New Zealanders choose to smoke cannabis, and
the resulting harm is far less than that caused by alcohol and tobacco abuse.
Our flawed cannabis legislation unjustly criminalises hundreds of thousands
of New Zealanders, as well as presenting a major impediment to drug
education, treatment, and community intervention.
The impact of cannabis prohibition is by far the major danger associated
with cannabis use.
Duncan Eddy,
Dunedin
[Abridged. - Ed.]
I'D LIKE TO thank Dr Ivan Harper for his reflections on my stance against
cannabis prohibition (6.4.01).
It is an honour to have been the subject of one of his unique diatribes.
The prejudice and fear that clouds Dr Harper's view of cannabis and
cannabis law reform might have been taken seriously 10 or 15 years ago, but
times have changed.
These days a large number of New Zealanders choose to smoke cannabis, and
the resulting harm is far less than that caused by alcohol and tobacco abuse.
Our flawed cannabis legislation unjustly criminalises hundreds of thousands
of New Zealanders, as well as presenting a major impediment to drug
education, treatment, and community intervention.
The impact of cannabis prohibition is by far the major danger associated
with cannabis use.
Duncan Eddy,
Dunedin
[Abridged. - Ed.]
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