CANNABIS IS DOPEY MEDICINE

CANNABIS IS cheap and nasty. Someone, sooner or later, will get fed up with
the poor stuff, and therefore seek "something a little stronger", at a
price of course. Notice the dope-pusher jargon: a can of beer is alcohol; a
cigarette is nicotine; but a cheap narcotic is cannabis. Science has
exposed the fraudulent health benefit claims of this drug-induced
rationalisation. One cannot reason with this dopey state of mind. Top
quality cannabis-narcotic, in lesser quantity, is addictive, and the
withdrawal symptoms severe, catching Europeans unaware. But this is seen
more in the Far East, where quality and quantity is higher and cheaper. The
phoney health benefits concern is a paradoxical ploy.

Gordon Weare, Warrington

[Abridged. - Ed.]