CANNABIS SMOKERS TAKE TO STREETS

Campaigners have been holding a march and rally in Glasgow calling for
the legalisation of cannabis.

The group, part of the Scottish Socialist Party, has been campaigning
to change the drug laws since 2000.

Scottish Socialist Youth (SSY) argues that cannabis is less harmful
than either alcohol or tobacco.

The SSP made reform of the drug laws a major plank of its election
manifesto, claiming that the policy of drug prohibition has failed.

The march, from the city's George Square, moved on to a rally in
Kelvingrove Park.

An SSY spokesman said: "Most of those taking illegal drugs are young
people involved in occasional recreational use.

"The vast majority of these smoke cannabis, which has been proved to
be far less harmful than alcohol."

The party wants the immediate legalisation and licensed sale of
cannabis and the decriminalisation of all other illegal drugs.