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Hello.

For a time during the late 60s when I worked at the University of York

I was a member of the committee which concerned itself with staff student relations.

And at one particular meeting which was chaired as usual by the Mercurial Vice Chancellor

Lord James, the student delegate asked the VC to honour a recent student union decision and declare that he was against the principle of double indemnity over drugs.

So if the police charge anyone with possession, then the university should not also exact a penalty on that student.

And also, the Student Union mandated the Vice Chancellor to publicly declare his belief that

marijuana was a harmless substance which should be legalized.

I can still see, I can see Lord James leaning back in his armchair and I can hear him saying,

you know, if I were to act on either of those suggestions, this campus would soon be occupied by

irate parents and drug enforcement officers beating down the

doors of suspected users. Now do go away and get on with whatever you want to do

without drawing my attention to it. Well that classic

example of old-fashioned liberalism and action came to mind as I was reading a new paper

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