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8 August 2001
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The Economist survey of the illegal drug business It gives an overview of the size of the problem and the social costs both of drug use itself and of the “cure” – law enforcement. It accepts that legalisation might lead to more drug-taking of all kinds but suggests on balance decriminalisation is the answer. Here in the UK, at least where cannabis is concerned, the pendulum seems to be swinging towards legalisation (and not before time!).

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cnmovies.com – the good news is that this new resource is based on Halliwell’s cinema guide which is one of the most comprehensive resources available. The bad news is that Halliwell’s doesn’t provide much information on each film and the site is badly designed and (at the moment) a little erratic in response. Nonetheless if you are looking for an obscure or foreign film and the Internet Movie DataBase can’t come up with the goods this one might. It also offers some trailers, bloopers from Reagan and Bogart and full-length classic feature films on the accompanying “special events site.online accredited programs mbaeducation courses physical accreditedtel offshore credit agricole singaporefederal union allegheny county creditairtran card creditabacus creditsystem credit account receivable managementcredit 0 card apr balance transfer Map