Cannabis facts (From York Press)

Cannabis facts

11:46am Friday 28th December 2007 in Letters By Reader's letter

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, York.