DESPOTIC POSITION

Sir, In your editorial, "Kirk in cloudcuckoo land" (20 May) you say
"the Government's position is unequivocal and right". It appears to me it
is you who are unaware of the facts, and not the Kirk.

The Government is so set in its position, it has said it will not
decriminalise, or legalise, cannabis even if that were the recommendations
of a Royal Commission. How can you blindly support a Government that
takes such a despotic position, especially in light of recommendations of
numerous reports in the past?

The Scottish Affairs Report 1994, Baroness Wooton's report, the Indian
Hemp Drugs Commission Report and the Consumers Report on Licit and Illicit
Drugs are just a few that recommend an end to the failed attempted
prohibition of cannabis.

Yours etc
Hugh Robertson