Original sentence: (However, in UK the 1926 report of the Departmental Committee on Morphine and Heroin Addiction under the Chairmanship of the President of the Royal College of Physicians reasserted medical control and established the "British system" of control — which lasted until the 1960s; in the US the Controlled Substances Act of 1970 markedly relaxed the harshness of the Harrison Act
Edited sentence: (However, in UK the 1926 report of the Departmental Committee on Morphine and Heroin Addiction under the Chairmanship of the President of the Royal College of Physicians reasserted medical control and established the "British system" of control — which lasted until the 1960s; in the US the Controlled Substances Act of 1970 markedly relaxed the harshness of the Harrison Act, yet still the laws remain extremely harsh.); and that approval of opioids in those cultures that approved them was earned by abuse rates well below those associated with alcohol.For example, Andrew Weil says in From Chocolate to Morphine: Understanding Mind-Active Drugs that tolerance to and withdrawal from opioids is “less hazardous than [tolerance to and] withdrawal from sedative-hypnotics.Non-clinical occasional or light users are sometimes known as chippers.Respectable, responsible heroin users are frequently given extremely long prison sentences while rapists often spend far less time in jail).There are many documented cases of opium and morphine addicts who, despite lifelong, heavy habits, survived to ripe old ages, remaining healthy to the end.Today those who approve of at least some non-clinical use claim that opioids are not more addictive than alcohol; that opioids do not cause the physical damage that alcohol does (cirrhosis, domestic violence, etc.Today those who approve of non-clinical use of opioids often prefer the term recreational for such use.… People can take opium and opiates every day for years and remain in good health, provided they keep up good habits of hygiene and nutrition.… The worst medical effect of regular opiate use is severe and chronic constipation