Pubdate: Wed, 10 Sep 2014
Source: Advertiser, The (Australia)
Copyright: 2014 Advertiser Newspapers Ltd
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MP BID FOR LEGAL DOPE

CANNABIS would be sold in supermarkets under a federal MP's radical 
plan for drug reform in Australia.

Liberal Democrat Senator David Leyonhjelm wants to kill the power of 
organised criminals by decriminalising drugs, opening up the market 
and bringing down prices for a hit. Senator Leyonhjelm said that 
marijuana is a non-addictive drug and should be openly available.

Farmers should grow cannabis for sale in supermarkets, much like 
fruit and vegetables, and anyone should be allowed to cultivate a 
crop in their garden, he said.

And Senator Leyonhjelm believes the same approach could work for 
party drugs like ecstasy, as long as it can be proven the only real 
risk is to the person taking it. "I don't recommend them . . . all 
I'm really saying is it's an individual, adult choice," he said.
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