Dining across the divide: ‘She said that if I’d turned up smelling of drugs she’d have left’

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One works for a medical cannabis company and smokes weed; one is a pharmacist who is against decriminalising it. Will they reach a joint conclusion?

Normally does not vote; thinks it’s a waste of timeVisiting Afghanistan in the mid-90s, Toby was hijacked by two different mujahideen groups in a dayA staunch socialist, she has mainly backed Labour, with an inclination towards Green policies. Would be happy to vote Green tacticallyHas word-perfect recall for the musicals The Phantom of the Opera and Evita; could stretch to Jesus Christ SuperstarToby was quite disciplined in some ways. I was looking forward to sharing a bottle of something.

I look at it from a scientific perspective: what’s the therapeutic indication, does it work? And, is it safe? When legal drugs come to market, there’s been a certain amount of exposure in patient groups.I tried another tack: if drugs are really bad and dangerous, and you would never take them, then why is it OK for the government to leave all of this to the unregulated market? If the government blanket bans cannabis, it can’t then say: “There’s no evidence for the benefits.

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