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To: Mac Con Ulaidh who wrote (11701)	11/27/2001 10:47:33 AM
From: thames_sider	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

And it's also a lot easier to cultivate, and less likely to have GM patents... Seriously, I'm on the tax-regulate-liberalise wing myself. If someone of age wants to take virtually any drug, they go to a regulated store - like, say, the hard liquor stores in Seattle; declare themselves aware of all health hazards; buy the substances, which are controlled, uncontaminated and of course heavily taxed <g>; and restrict where they use them, and what they do while under the influence. Everyone except the illegal dealer is a winner. Maybe we could even get TradeFair (or equivalents) to manage the trading, to ensure that the grower gets a fairer proportion of the price... And wow, the number of savagely poor countries that this would help. (At least until the multinationals muscle back in with vast plantations and mechanisation <g>)