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Wrong way to deal with drug abuse Don Barnard Letters, Mid Essex Evening Gazette Monday 10 Apr 2000 I TOO am concerned that young people are able to obtaining "Dangerous adulterated drugs" easier than cigarettes and alcohol. But is Witham mayor Tom Hewitt's call for "zero tolerance on drug dealers" (Gazette, April 6) the right way to handle the problem? We've had the "war on drugs" for 30 years and in that time the problems surrounding illegal drugs have grown. We only need to look to the US (the home of drug prohibition) and see the mess there. Although Mr Hewitt's comments primarily concerned dealers in heroin, he failed to take into account that cannabis is classified as a dangerous drug, and a person buying for a small circle of friends or a sibling sharing a joint with their disabled mum are, in law, dealers. Should the police or Braintree Council be spending a huge amount of money enforcing a regime regarded with contempt by a huge section of the population? If you think that the Government's inability to handle the consequences of the existence and availability of cannabis is a matter of importance, please ask your MP to support Labour MP Paul Flynn's forthcoming Bills on decriminalising cannabis for therapeutic use and the possession of cannabis for personal use. Don Barnard, Legalise Cannabis Alliance, Braintree. Essex
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