Pubdate: Wed, 22 Aug 2001
Source: West Australian (Australia)
Copyright: 2001 West Australian Newspapers Limited
Contact:  http://www.thewest.com.au
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/495
Author: Stephen Rudge
Note: Headline supplied by newshawk

NOT FIRST GENERATION IMPACTED BY PROHIBITION

I AM 33 and I take offence at being called a techno-brain by Sam Harper- 
Penman, a 19-year-old who thinks his generation is the first to use and be 
scorned for taking drugs.

The point he makes about responsible drug use is quite correct and I'm sure 
it is well supported by people of many generations. But some of us were 
smoking pot and taking ecstasy and LSD while he was still in nappies. So 
don't think this generation is the only one affected by archaic laws 
brought in because of people with no self-control who can't understand the 
basic principle and practice of everything in moderation.

STEPHEN RUDGE, Beeliar.
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