The ABNORML responds to NORML
The ABNORML responds to NORML
On 02/08/11, NORML
(National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws)
called for the regulation of all 'low risk' drugs. Acting
President Phil Saxby says that "low risk drugs like cannabis
and party pills should be regulated, not banned". In
response, drug-freedom lobby group The ABNORML is calling
for the regulation of all drugs.
"NORML admits that
drug prohibition does not work, and yet it calls for the
regulation merely of some drugs. By doing so, effectively
NORML is calling for prohibition to continue", says al
Mansell (Spokesperson for The ABNORML). "Mr Saxby misses the
point when he calls for the regulation of low-risk drugs.
The point is that prohibition increases the harm-potential
of all drugs. All psychoactive drugs should be regulated by
health professionals."
The ABNORML also takes issue
with NORML's definition of 'low risk drugs'. "There are no
low-risk drugs or high-risk drugs; rather, there is low-risk
and high-risk drug use. The risk is different for each
person, and for some people, cannabis use is a very
high-risk activity. That's why The ABNORML calls for all
psychoactive drugs to be available on prescription from
doctors."
"NORML calls itself a drug law reform
organization, but it is becoming increasingly clear that
NORML is nothing more than a cheer-leading squad for
cannabis. NORML consistently downplays the potential harm of
cannabis use, in an attempt to distance cannabis from other
illegal drugs. NORML wants cannabis dealt with separately to
other illicit drugs; they want it to be sold in the shops
like lollies, rather than treated like the serious
psychoactive drug that it is", says al Mansell.
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