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Letter: Criminals benefit from cannabis law
Kirk Muse The Argus, Worthing
Sunday 11 Mar 2007 I write with regard to your article "Has time come to make cannabis legal?" (The Argus, March 8). It seems to me the question should be: should cannabis remain completely unregulated, untaxed and controlled by criminals? Only legal products of any kind can be regulated, taxed and controlled by any government agency. I've never seen heroin, cocaine or meth amphetamine, yet I was offered free samples of these and other illegal drugs when I was a cannabis user, which was more than 15 years ago. Because cannabis is illegal, it is sold only by criminals who often sell other, much more dangerous drugs, such as cocaine and meth amphetamine. And they often offer free samples of the more dangerous drugs to their cannabis customers, thus creating the so-called gateway effect. advertisement In a regulated market, this would not happen. Do readers know of anyone who has been offered a free bottle of whiskey, rum, or vodka when legally buying beer or wine? If you regulate, control and tax the sale and production of cannabis, you close the gateway to hard drugs. Kirk Muse South Clearview Avenue, Arizona, USA http://www.theargus.co.uk/
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