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Mon 08 Aug 2008Legalising drugs will not curb violence to the psyche
The real horror of drugs stems not from gangs selling them, but from their effects on users, writes Chris Luke
THE WONDERFULLY mischievous Mae West memorably skewered the perennial dilemma surrounding illicit intoxication when she quipped, "To err is human, but it feels divine!" And of course, it is a truth - almost universally acknowledged - that humans love to self-medicate, to seek oblivion and respite from the "grim predicament of existence", with whatever mind-altering substance they can get hold of, be it 21st century psychotropic or ancient herbal concoction.
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