"Pete nospam Zakel" > wrote in message
...
> >> the single best way to reduce alcohol-related mayhem is to allow open
> >> sales and use of other intoxicants. all the young lads who cause most
> >> of the problems would be much better off smoking cannabis rather than
> >> alcohol.
>
> >Of course, there will be more violence due to other drugs. What if the
> >lads' favourite turns out to be crack instead of dope?
>
> To your first point: totally untrue. Most of the violence is related to the
> black market drug trade, not the use of the drugs.

Strange how a legal drug like alcohol seems to cause so much violence then.

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Andy