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To Legalize Pot or Not Legalizing pot is not now as radical a proposal as it might seem. All manner of "establishment" figure
To Legalize Pot or Not Legalizing pot is not now as radical a proposal as it might seem. All manner of "establishment" figure
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2018-06-29
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To Legalize Pot or Not
Legalizing pot is not now as radical a proposal as it might seem. All manner of "establishment" figures have supported similar plans: from a Presidential Commission in the US to the Principal of King’s College, London, who wanted to see the drug taxes and
proceeds
used for university research. There are, indeed, several unsatisfactory problems created by the present ban on cannabis: the law is widely disregarded and thus helps to bring other laws into disrespect; it can lead to unnecessary — and possibly illegal — police searches; and it increases friction between the police and minority groups. Finally, if drugs such as cigarettes and alcohol are permitted, then why not pot?
The last point is easy to counter: quasi-Government approval for two harmful drugs is no argument for permitting a third. Unlike drink and tobacco, there is still some doubt about the harmful effects of cannabis, but research here is in its early days. Already Columbia University scientists in New York have completed one project which suggests that the drug could open the door to metabolic diseases, including cancer, by affecting cellular immunity. The team found that white blood cells of cannabis users were 40 per cent less effective in fighting viruses than those of non-cannabis users. Any responsible Government would
hold back
in such circumstances; not least because the fad appears to be on the wane. To legalize it now might promote the drug just as its use was beginning to decline.
But if Mr. Jenkins wants to maintain his reputation as a reformer, there are useful amendments he could make to the law. Far too many people are still ending up in prison — over 100 in 1972 — merely for using the drug. The last Conservative Government finally recognized a sharp distinction which must be made between users and pushers, and cut the maximum sentence for users from twelve months to six. But is prison necessary at all for users, particularly now that criminologists have demonstrated so starkly the damage that prison can cause? In the American state of Oregon, cannabis users are treated like traffic offenders, fined heavily but are never sent to prison. It is right that the big pushers, coining thousands of pounds from their trade, should receive heavy sentences. But the courts must also take note that there are two types of pushers: the professional and the amateur. The latter is often as much a user as seller in the drug sub-culture. A community service order, which would allow an amateur pusher a chance to contribute to society, seems a far more appropriate sentence than prison.
The phrase "hold back" underlined in Paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to______.
选项
A、hesitate
B、control
C、conceal
D、prohibit
答案
A
解析
词义题型,答案是A。hold back此处意为“暂停、延迟(做决定)”,A选项意为“犹豫、不急于做某事”,B选项意为“控制”,C选项意为“隐藏”,D选项意为“禁止”,故选A。本题核心:可根据动词用法辅助判断,hold back为不及物词组,而B、C、D中的词语均为及物动词,故可排除。
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