More experts call for legalisation of Cannabis

A leading doctors journal it is reported today in the Telegraph has called for Cannabis to be sold openly in shops along side Tobacco and Alcohol.  The British Medical Journal says that banning the drug is just not working.  It quotes stats that an 18 fold increase in budget for enforcement between 81 and 2002 in the USA had failed to close the market for the drug.  There is no reason to think that the UK is any different.

With tax revenues desperately needed in the UK and cost cutting a must the new government could get a double hit with a cut in policing costs and increase in taxation. Tempting?  I doubt if they would be brave enough, there are to many over 50 voters and not enough under to make it worth the political risk.  However give us another 10 years and another new voting generation.....

George Michael goes to prison for Cannabis crash

Oh dear poor George Michael sentenced today to 8 weeks in prison for a drug fuelled car crash.  Now I could not care less what the once Wham front man gets upto in his home but there is not excuse for driving whilst so drugged to the eyeballs that you crash into a building!  Not only is that bad, but this was his second charge offence.  George has widely made it know that he like a toke but he really is not helping the legalise cannabis campaign with his stupid activities.  Thank god there was no one on the pavement.  Could have set back legalising the drug by a decade (heaven forbid if a child had been walking by).

Shame on your George.   With the money he has why hasnt he a driver!

Another expert calls for Cannabis legalisation

Cannabis for recreational use should be available in shops under similar restrictions to those used to control the sale of alcohol and tobacco, according to Britain's leading expert on the drug. 

Under one scenario, people would be able to apply for a licence to buy cannabis products once they reach the age of 21, provided they have the approval of a doctor, he said. 

The drug would be regulated by a body that ensures the quality and safety of the products before they go on sale. 

A rethink of the laws surrounding cannabis and related products was necessary to take cannabis out of the hands of criminals, said Roger Pertwee, professor of neuropharmacology at Aberdeen University. 

In the 1970s, Pertwee co-discovered THC, the active ingredient in cannabis. 


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