I did some checking and found that around a hundred years ago, one could purchase over-the-counter from pharmacies various tinctures of opium, one was called laudanum. Several of these contained 3,6-diacetylmorphine HCl, which is better known as 'heroin'. They were famed for their powers of providing both analgesia and sedation to the infirm, as well as used by others to achieve euphoria and sedation. Subsequently, the Americans introduced the Harrison Act prohibiting the importation of narcotics and other laws relating to their sale and limited importation by pharmacy companies. The United Nations formed the International Narcotics Control Board (INCB) which is covertly dominated by the US, as the UN is generally dominated by the US. Foreign aid to Asian countries by the US has been tied to demands by them that they press on with narcotic prohibition.

The proposal by Xenopophon amounts to a measure of social control and social engineering on the same scale that prohibition was. Why is the same measure not proposed against say, alcohol 'abusers'. What is a drug 'abuser', is that any person who uses an illicit substance, or simply a person who is dependent on it. Many persons are dependent on alcohol and consume alcohol in quantities that doctors say are clinicaly hazardous, but we never hear alcohol and 'abuse' in the same sentence as often. I'm concerned that the term 'abuse' is morally a loaded one and lacking in clinical merit.

More people are killed by the use of alcohol or tobacco or its consequences. Most of the social problem of illicit substances is related to their price, a direct byproduct of their prohibition. The FBI found that early 20th century alchol prohibition failed, and it was ended by the government.

They say cannabis is a 'dangerous'drug. After smoking it for thirty years,I'm yet to discover the dangerous side of cannabis use. Of course, getting arrested for possession is a wealth hazard but other than that I function the same as anybody to this day. Cannabis use did not lead me on to other drugs. There are limits on alcohol sales in aboriginal communities due to alcohol abuse.Maybe that should be extended country wide. If I do happen to smoke too much cannabis in one session, all I want to do is sleep.I have never even experienced this a hangover using cannabis. Where is the danger in cannabis use ? What specifically is cannabis abuse?