CANNABIS FACTS

ALED Jones hits on his best argument yet for the legalisation of
cannabis, as he believes that it is so much stronger these days than
in the 1960s.

As he points out, alcohol is regulated under strict guidelines with
indications of strength etcetera, something that is not possible with
cannabis under prohibition.

As regards its strength, both the Advisory Council on the Misuse of
drugs and the European Drug Monitoring Centre have reported only
modest, if any, increases in its strength in the past 30 years.

I, along with many others, can confirm this. Strong cannabis has
always been available (as in Holland), with little evidence that it
causes any more or less harm than weaker strains.

I'm sure Mr Jones is very happy living in his cotton-wool world, where
alcohol is not a dangerous drug, and his misconceptions of cannabis
are fuelled by political propaganda.

As someone who I'm sure has never touched the stuff, how on earth
would he know?

One thing cannabis is not, is a controlled drug. One thing is clear,
there is no justification to threaten millions of adult cannabis
users, who do no harm to others, with prosecution for their own free
choice.

The evidence is clear. Alcohol kills, cannabis does not. If there is
no victim, there is no crime.

Steve Clements, The Legalise Cannabis Alliance (LCA), York.