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Tasmanian
Government
Wants
Possession
of
Marijuana
Legalized
10/30/98
Peter Patmore, Attorney General
of the Australian state of Tasmania, said last week that he favors a policy
under which personal possession of cannabis would be legal. He called
for public discussion of the issue so that a consensus could be reached
before legislation is introduced, hopefully next year.
"My views on the issue are
quite clear" he told The Examiner, an Australian newspaper. "Prohibition
doesn't work, but there is no use having a debate which splits the community.
We actually have more lenient laws in Tasmania on marijuana than in some
other states, and if I can show the public a sensible approach to legal
personal usage, where precious police time is not wasted, and otherwise
law abiding citizens are not lumped with a criminal record, then we can
take the next step."
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Issue #65, 10/30/98
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