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In
Radio
Call-In
Poll,
84%
of
Young
Brits
Claim
a
"Right"
to
Use
Drugs:
Also...
see
this
week's
editorial
3/13/98
In a call-in poll conducted by BBC Radio 1, which caters to a young
listening audience, the question was asked, "should people have the
right to take drugs?" responses were taken over 5 days (3/2 - 3/6),
and over 20,000 people cast their votes. Before each call-in prompt aired
by the station, the announcer advised, "If you think you should be
allowed to do whatever you like with your mind or body providing it hurts
no one else, you should vote Yes. If you believe we need to keep the current
laws in place in order to protect us, vote No." In the end, 84% were
in favor of the rights of individuals to dictate what does and what does
not enter their bodies.
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Issue #33, 3/13/98
Colorado: Needle Exchange Killed in Committee -- Activists Vow Civil Disobedience if Necessary | President's Advisory Commission on AIDS to Meet Next Week | A Conversation with Robert Fogel, Member of President's Advisory Commission on AIDS | Medical Marijuana Rally in San Francisco | CNN Online Poll -- 96% Favor Legalizing Medical Marijuana: The people send a message to the politicians | Special Legislative Alert -- House of Representatives to Debate the Medical Use of Marijuana | Bill in Oklahoma Would Allow the Governor to Call Out the National Guard in Drug Cases | New Drug Testing Bill Approved in Iowa Legislature | In Radio Call-In Poll, 84% of Young Brits Claim a Right to Use Drugs: Also... see this week's editorial | House of Lords to Study Cannabis: The Debate is Taken up at the Highest Levels of the British Government | Massive Cannabis Legalization March to be Held in London | Editorial: Americans, the Drug War, and the Concept of Rights
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