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We both consider the current position of prohibition as archaic, and it is clearly harmful criminalising citizens for a victimless crime; but we also both consider the prospect of allowing private businesses to run cannabis supply and sale (as exists for alcohol) as troubling. We felt that there had been a premature jump at a private business model that had not been adequately discussed, including the real possibility that a small business model as envisaged might give way to big business in the future, with all the problems we now experience with the highly commercialised nature of alcohol. We felt frustrated that there was a lack of consideration about options that lie on the continuum between prohibition and a private business model. In particular, there had been very little public airing of decriminalisation (as is the case for drugs in Portugal) or a state-owned enterprise (SOE) model (as is the case in Scandinavia for alcohol). ....