KENNEDY'S CALL FOR DRUGS REVIEW

Sir, To vote to legalise cannabis is not, as William Rees-Mogg puts it
(article, August 16), "to vote for pot". It is to vote for liberty.

The mere fact that a majority may disapprove is no sufficient case for
banning behaviour of any sort by law. A liberal may not commit adultery,
hunt foxes or smoke, but he is likely to defend the right of others to do
so, whatever the majority may say.

For Liberal Democrats liberty is a good - the more of it the better. And
where limits have to be set between one's own liberty and that of others
the matter can best be settled by taking a vote - that's how democracy
comes into the party's title. It is the simplicity of this proposition
which sets Liberal Democrats apart from the other two parties.

I am, Sir, yours etc,

DAVID CREASE (Chairman, Ryedale Liberal Democrats),
Deer Park, Scampston,
Malton, North Yorkshire YO17 8HW.
August 16.