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- Newsgroups: talk.politics.drugs,alt.politics.libertarian,talk.politics.misc
- From: djones@megatest.com (Dave Jones)
- Subject: The War on Gum
- Message-ID: <C8HAJ2.Jt2@megatest.com>
- Date: Fri, 11 Jun 1993 22:30:04 GMT
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- Singapore has declared a war against gum.
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- Someone noticed that from time to time the sliding doors at Singapore's
- train stations get fouled up with a gob of chewing gum. The answer? Outlaw
- the possession and sale of chewing gum. After all, gum serves no useful
- societal purpose, and it is habituating.
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- The penalty for trafficking in gum is a fine and up to one year in
- prison. Since December, police have confiscated over 6,000 pounds of
- illicit gum.
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- (Source: Dr. Dean Edell on KGO radio.)
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