News (Media Awareness Project) - UK: Editorial: Pot On, David |
| Title: | UK: Editorial: Pot On, David |
| Published On: | 2001-10-24 |
| Source: | Mirror, The (UK) |
| Fetched On: | 2008-01-25 06:18:51 |
POT ON, DAVID
No drugs are good for you, but some are an awful lot worse than others.
Cannabis is at the lowest end of the scale, arguably less harmful than
alcohol or tobacco.
Yet the police have been wasting far too much time prosecuting people for
smoking dope.
In 1999, 68 per cent of the yearly total of 120,000 drugs offences were
cannabis related, each taking officers up to three hours to process.
This is clearly a ludicrous situation and Home Secretary David Blunkett is
right to propose reclassifying cannabis.
No drugs are good for you, but some are an awful lot worse than others.
Cannabis is at the lowest end of the scale, arguably less harmful than
alcohol or tobacco.
Yet the police have been wasting far too much time prosecuting people for
smoking dope.
In 1999, 68 per cent of the yearly total of 120,000 drugs offences were
cannabis related, each taking officers up to three hours to process.
This is clearly a ludicrous situation and Home Secretary David Blunkett is
right to propose reclassifying cannabis.
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