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[Michaelangelica]

You will get no arguments from me, the law is as ass. See the thread I started on MJ as a medicine. I, like a few of my generation, have never inhaled. But a crop in my old age may help my alcohol ravaged liver.

The ironic thing about MJ, Heroin and Cocaine use in Oz, is that it was seriously introduced into Australia (especially Sydney and Kings Cross) by US Vets on R&R in the 60s and 70s.
It may of been around before then but it was uncommon and probably restricted to a few in the "arty" push/set.

And the CIA & US/NATO forces can't find it in Afghanistan (or Burma) because. . . (put reason here)?

In the last 5/7? years the female NSW jail population has doubled due to heroin!
Great idea guys, a fantastic way to treat addiction problems-especially when heroin is freely available in jail.
A career criminal I talked too bemoaned the state of our jails and had "gone straight" because "jails weren't good places any more";- far too evil and dangerous. There used to be honour among thieves, and it was Screws Vs Inmates, he said. Now inmates would do anything for a"fix".
The good thing is we have an extensive, proactive needle exchange programme everywhere and a lot of people on methadone maintenance.
Medically Supervised "shooting galleries" are being trailed but there is/was? a lot of resistance from some Christians.
I think too, a lot of sane things are happening quietly without any media hype or fuss, some, by some ,of those "evil" Christians I mentioned.
The 'shooting gallery' idea came from the Catholic Church's Charity Nuns, who happen to live in the middle of Kings Cross.(Just don't tell the Nazi Pope).