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Newsbrief:
Leading
British
Comedian
Says
Legalize
It
All
8/2/02
Comedy writer Ben Elton has
joined the legalization chorus in Britain. Elton, one of the most
successful writers and standup comics in the last 20 years in Britain,
is best known for creating the TV series Black Adder and the Young Ones,
but has also written five novels and four plays. He was among the
select entertainers who performed at the Queen's Jubilee pop concert last
month at Buckingham Palace.
But in remarks to the Scotsman
newspaper on July 23, Elton turned serious. The current drug laws
should be radically rewritten to make such drugs as cocaine and heroin
legally available, he said.
"I firmly believe that hugely
radical solutions are now required. It's about legalization, not
decriminalization," said the popular entertainer. When asked whether
he meant hard drugs, Elton was emphatic. "Yes. It is self-evident
that criminalization hasn't worked. All it has presented us with
is organized crime."
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Issue #248, 8/2/02
Editorial: Getting from Here to There | Despite Supreme Court Ruling, No Wave of High School Drug Testing Foreseen | US Prison Population Leveling Off, Feds Drive Small Increase | Needle Exchange 2002:00:00 A Long Way Traveled, A Long Way to Go | Baltimore Killings Continue as Politicians Continue to Ignore Role of Prohibition | Stossel Special Spurs War of Letters to ABC | Newsbrief: Cooking Speed Equals Child Abuse Under New Tennessee Law | Massachusetts Governor Vetoes Decriminalization Provisions | Newsbrief: Afghan Crop Report Says Opium Eradication a Joke | Newsbrief: Leading British Comedian Says Legalize It All | Newsbrief: Alabama Rape Victim Ordered to Provide Urine Sample for Drug Test | Newsbrief: Tennessee School Board Ordered to Back Off on Zero Tolerance -- Right to Public Education at Issue | Newsbrief: Seattle Marijuana Enforcement Initiative Signatures Submitted | Web Scan: CriminalDefense.com, Law Enforcement Against Prohibition, Harry Levine, Ethan Nadelmann, Medical Marijuana Research, School Daily | Legislative Alerts: Rave Bill, Medical Marijuana, Higher Education Act Drug Provision | The Reformer's Calendar
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