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To legalise or not to legalise
In a number of Arab countries, people have launched campaigns to have hashish legalised. So far, their efforts have met with little success: there is still stiff opposition from both conservative politicians and religious circles. By Reda Ghoneim
Hashish is illegal, and alcohol is legal. But why? One causes inebriation, and the other is inebriating. Both are forbidden. Both damage your health. Hashish is expensive and alcohol even more so. Why is the law biased toward alcohol? The law permits alcohol because we pay taxes for it. So permit hashish and we ll pay taxes for that too. ....

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