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[PaulP]

Call me old fashioned, naive, uneducated, whatever, I wouldn't support that no matter what arguments are put up.

People can turn just about anything into a substance of abuse, if they are so predisposed : prescription drugs, illicit drugs, grog, tobacco, petrol, glue, you name it. Whilst I am fully supportive of this move, little will change until we address the core issues of why people abuse things in the first place. This, in my view, taps into several aspects of life and society in general : income, education, support etc. I'm not a fan of laying all the blame on the individual, which seems an extremely easy and lazy position to take when such issues are discussed. These are massive problems, and will never be solved unless we all participate in solving them, rather than isolating and finger pointing.

I'm not suggesting you're doing these things, just to be clear.