COMS & the Ghost of USRX w/ other STUFF Message Board

STOCKTALK

We've detected that you're using an ad content blocking browser plug-in or feature. Ads provide a critical source of revenue to the continued operation of Silicon Investor. We ask that you disable ad blocking while on Silicon Investor in the best interests of our community. If you are not using an ad blocker but are still receiving this message, make sure your browser's tracking protection is set to the 'standard' level.

Technology Stocks : COMS & the Ghost of USRX w/ other STUFF

COMS 0.00130

-18.8%

Nov 7 11:47 AM EST

Public Reply Prvt Reply Mark as Last Read File

Previous 10 Next 10 Previous Next

To: Jeffery E. Forrest who wrote (5879)	9/26/1997 5:08:00 PM
From: David Lawrence	of 22053

Here's some really good stuff..... McCartney says legalize cannabis LONDON (Reuter) - Former Beatle Sir Paul McCartney, promoted to the British establishment this year with a knighthood, is calling for the legalization of cannabis. "I support decriminalization (of cannabis). People are smoking pot anyway and to make them criminal is wrong," he told the New Statesman magazine. He said it was pointless to fill jails with people who smoked cannabis because this was likely to turn them into criminals. McCartney's comments angered anti-drugs campaigners, who said he had ignored the long-term risks involved in taking the drug. "Cannabis is often billed as a relatively harmless drug -- which compared to opiates it is -- but it's not without its risks," a spokesman for the drug treatment agency Turning Point told the Daily Mail. "If you spent all day smoking it you'd never get out of bed." Medical research shows that cannabis users can develop a psychological dependence on the drug as well as a range of physical problems. A spokeswoman for the British Home Office said McCartney's comments were "unhelpful." Citing his own experience of being arrested for possessing marijuana in Japan in 1980, McCartney said Thursday that he learned nothing from it. "When I was jailed in Japan for having pot there was no attempt at rehabilitation. They just stuck me in a box for nine days."

Report TOU Violation

Share This Post

Public Reply Prvt Reply Mark as Last Read File

Previous 10 Next 10 Previous Next