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You need to watch the NZ Border Patrol thing.
The tons of tulipe incoming from Asia is quite inspiring if you're a meth addict.
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Originally posted by DoctorStrangelove View PostYes, the 18th Ammendment worked so well for the Mafia and Joe Kennedy back in the day, not to mention the overwhelming success of the Septic inspired "war on drugs".
Then again NZ is a fairly sensible country it might work.
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Yes, the 18th Ammendment worked so well for the Mafia and Joe Kennedy back in the day, not to mention the overwhelming success of the Septic inspired "war on drugs".
Then again NZ is in the middle of nowhere so maybe it might work.
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Originally posted by ladymuck View PostThis is a rather interesting intervention / experiment. It'll be good to see how successful it turns out to be.
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This is a rather interesting intervention / experiment. It'll be good to see how successful it turns out to be.
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Originally posted by TheGreenBastard View Post
What about obesity, maybe we need a cut off date for that too, that'll make things spicy.
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Originally posted by mattster View PostMedically very little. It's not even close when comparing tobacco to other legal and less legal drugs and habits.
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Fags today are crap anyway. Had one with nutty next door neighbour last week, first in years. Crap! Used to give you a nice hit!
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Originally posted by d000hg View PostAlso an bizarre implementation - depending on your birthdate you will still be allowed to smoke for decades while younger people are not. Quite a way to divide society?
The UK collects £10 billion a year tax from fags, if they banned them overnight there would be a lot of lost revenue.
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Originally posted by xoggoth View PostHmm. Prohibition didn't work too well.
Of course, if you only ban the young then those in power can continue to enjoy it. Maybe this is a very clever approach Although it sounds like this is being done with the population's endorsement which is rather different than the USA.
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