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--Posted By johannes to <http://www.monochrom.at/english/2008/06/smoking-celestial-dream-great-dope.htm>monochrom at 6/07/2008 11:01:00 AM
As the western world winds its way through the
40th anniversaries of 1968 and the 'summer of
love', Steve Platt looks back at the role of
cannabis in the 'counter culture' and how people
on both sides of the political and cultural
divide believed that a hardy psychoactive plant
could change the world. He wonders how it could
ever have aroused such passions both ffor and
against its use and asks why it's still illegal.
