Doping the Masses  Exposing Britain's unholy alliance between
alcohol prohibitionists and marijuana reformers  Back in the
1960s, hippies, rock stars, pop singers, students, dropouts, and
other opponents of The Man demanded the legalization of cannabis
in the name of freedom and experimentation. “Free The Weed!”
they shrieked. Let grown men and women decide for themselves how
to get their rocks off.  Today, in Western Europe at least,
things couldn’t be more different. Dope lobbyists now demand the
legalization of cannabis on the basis that it is a safer, less
swagger-inducing alternative to alcohol, that is more likely to
make people feel zonked (which is good) rather than riotous
(which apparently is bad).  Some advocates explicitly celebrate
marijuana’s “calming effects” and its ability to dull our
“aggressive disorders.” They have even championed sinister
social experiments, where European authorities have encouraged
young men and women to smoke dope rather than consume alcohol in
order to stay “relaxed”