Pubdate: Wed, 10 Sep 2014 Source: Advertiser, The (Australia) Copyright: 2014 Advertiser Newspapers Ltd Contact: http://www.news.com.au/adelaidenow/news/opinion/sendletter Website: http://www.news.com.au/adelaidenow/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/1 Page: 9 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. - --- MAP posted-by: Jay Bergstrom