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Why are drugs illegal? You asked Google – here’s the answer

Submitted by Marijuana News on Wed, 10/28/2015 - 12:48

Every day, millions of internet users ask Google some of life’s most difficult questions, big and small. Our writers answer some of the most common queries

This is, of course, a flawed question but one that illustrates a major paradox in the UK and international laws on drugs. Some drugs – such as alcohol, caffeine and nicotine – are legal, whereas others – such as cannabis, cocaine and opium – are not. This has not always been the case.

In the 19th century extracts of these three now-illegal drugs were legal in the UK, and were sold in pharmacies and even corner shops. Queen Victoria’s physician was a great proponent of the value of tincture of cannabis and the monarch is reputed to have used it to counteract the pain of menstrual periods and childbirth. Now it is denied to people with severe enduring spasticity and pain from neurological...

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