Pubdate: Sat, 19 Feb 2000
Source: Daily Mail (UK)
Copyright: 2000 Associated Newspapers Ltd
Contact:  http://www.dailymail.co.uk/
Author: John Yates
Note: Title by Newshawk
Related: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v00/n182/a07.html

LISTEN TO THIS MAN

PAUL BETTS claims that hard-drug dealers 'rely on cannabis to get people
hooked.' Has it not occurred to him that cannabis users come into contact
with pushers of hard drugs only because cannabis is illegal and the market
is controlled by the same criminals who would rather sell hard drugs?

The Dutch system of licensed coffee shops has done an excellent job of
insulating cannabis users from hard-drug pushers.

John Yates Ekenas, Finland
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