Many a true word spoken in jest. This appeared in response to two recent news items. One was that Australia's Capital Territory (ACT) will no longer prosecute possession of small quantities of recreational drugs and the other that the cost of basic foods -especially staples such as the iceberg lettuce, had gone up astronomically in recent weeks, suggesting that suppliers may in future make more money from growing lettuce. Nor it isn't as silly as it sounds. Establishing community gardens would most likely solve more social problems than throwing people in gaol. Why legalise drugs? Prohibition is expensive and doesn’t work According to O’Neill Hayes and Barnhorst , fully one quarter of the 2.2 million of those in prison in the USA - that's around 600,000 people were there because of drug related crimes, most of them minor. In 2022, 14% Australi a 's prison population was there for the same reason. The European...
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