UK - Drugs - Legal and Illegal but All Rather Stimulating

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Simon Napier-Bell

Posted: 1/02/2012 00:00

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Last week Sir Richard Branson and Alan McGee were amongst people who wrote pieces in favour of decriminalising illegal drugs. They both say they once used them but don't now. My position is different; I'm an addict. At least, I think I am, though not of anything illegal.
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In the West, people's prejudices against drugs, like people's prejudices against race, religion and sexuality, derive mainly from Christianity. For 2,000 years wine has represented the blood of Christ at Holy Communion. As a result, alcohol is the accepted drug of Western society.
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Methamphetamine is the worst. People who take it see conspiracy theories in every corner. Guitarists think roadies are deliberately handing them un-tuned instruments to make them sound bad. Roadies think guitarists are plotting their dismissal, so they deliberately hand them un-tuned instruments.
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