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Letter: Status Did Not Help Tragedy
Alun Buffry, Legalise Cannabis Alliance http://www.lca-uk.org Eastern Daily Press
Thursday 12 Jan 2006 Ref: http://ccguide.org.uk/news/shownewsarticle.php?articleid=10656 In the article "Cannabis 'led to my son's illness" (EDP January 10), Mr Ivor King blames the use of cannabis for his son's (Richard) terrible mental health problems and actions and calls upon Home Secretary Charles Clarke to upgrade the classification of cannabis. When Richard developed the problems in the 1980's, cannabis WAS class B: the maximum penalty for possession was 5 years and it was long before police started issuing warnings instead of arrests. Obviously class B status did to prevent that tragedy whilst leading to the prosecution of about tens of thousands of people who had not suffered and had done no harm through their cannabis use. Furthermore, Richard also consumed alcohol... which undoubtedly can induce a form of psychosis that can lead to erratic behaviour. Everything in the world that we come into contact with has an element of risk for someone. In most cases credible and accurate advice can be given to decrease that risk - not possible with. So long as cannabis remains illegal, those warnings remain undeliverable to the people who count - particularly youngsters who see the cannabis ban as illogical and unjustifiable and become alienated to authority - cannabis use is very much mixed up with rebellion against a hypocritical system of law. It's easy for people to blame cannabis for problems. It is the prohibition itself that creates far more problems for far more people, as well as criminal convictions and records that will effect them for possibly the rest of their lives. Alun Buffry Legalise Cannabis Alliance PO Box 198 Norwich NR3 3WB
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