Someone needs to tap Howard on the shoulder and whisper in his ear that nicotine is a drug. He is obviously ramping up the rhetoric to get a few easy votes, but the hollowness of his statements show just how much actual thought he has put into them. Maybe he should have a think about it over his next tea break.

Good to see Alan Jones talking sense on the issue.

http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,22605689-5013404,00.html

PM calls for zero tolerance on drugs

"All drugs are evil," he said, questioning why Australians did not have the "same attitude towards drugs that a large section of the community has developed towards tobacco".

"It's become virtually a criminal offence for people to smoke. I used to smoke ... now you're a pariah if you smoke. The point I'm making is if we have the same social attitude towards these damn drugs as many people have towards tobacco you might have a bit less glamour."

But conservative Sydney radio host Alan Jones said yesterday that drug use in the community was widespread and the Government was "not winning" the fight. He questioned whether drugs should be decriminalised. "We legalise alcohol, which is a drug. Is our strategy (on other drugs) wrong? We spend a fortune on what we are doing now and we are simply not winning ... We are going to have to listen to the other side."

[And finally, a bit of self delusion:]

The Prime Minister said the zero-tolerance drugs policy he had pushed during his time in government had been proved right, even though it had been ridiculed by people including some in his own party.

Alcohol is a recreational drug with deadly consequences when abused.

Cheers!

How about Penicillin? (spelling)

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