MP'S SUPPORT FOR AN ILLEGAL MARKET

Now Charles Clarke has become Home Secretary, he really should take
another look at the law concerning cannabis.

The reclassification which happened a year ago was a simple
administrative move to take account of the fact that the police could
no longer enforce the law as was. It did nothing to protect the
millions of users or the rest of society from the dangers of the
illegal market.

Cannabis is called a "controlled drug" - it is, of course, no such
thing. Because it's illegal, there are no controls over the supply
side, no regulation of strength of purity, no age limits for sales,
nothing. By refusing to address this issue, Mr Clarke is supporting a
profit driven illegal trade worth many millions of pounds, the profits
often going to fund organised crime and even terrorism.

Derek Williams

Norwich