""A notice I have seen in a number of pubs around here says, words to the effect, "NO DRUGS,PUSHERS OR DEALERS".""

A herring of a particularly ruddy hue, John mate.

I think you would have serious difficulty in persuading even the more gullible European Court that anyone has a "human right" or a "civil right" to break national statutes.

And far from a publican being accused of discrimination for banning pushers and junkies, he would more likely be indicted for "aiding and abetting" if he did not.

Don T.