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Letter: We Should Educate, Not Punish
Carl Wagner, Legalise Cannabis Alliance, http://www.lca-uk.org Hull Daily Mail, UK
Friday 17 Dec 2004 How disappointing that Bridlington Secondary School Headteacher Barry Davies can't come up with something more constructive than suspension or expulsion for four schoolchildren caught with a small amount of cannabis (Mail, December 11). So long as cannabis remains a "street" drug, seemingly available almost as easily to children as to adults, we will continue to have these problems. But let's face it, whatever the reasons children do it, if they have harmed or threatened nobody, damaged no property, caused no disturbance, surely expulsion from school is an extremely harsh punishment that will benefit nobody, least of all the children themselves. Instead, could I suggest that Mr Davies gets children to research the cannabis plant, write an essay, and present it to the school assembly? That would give them a chance to express their views, learn and educate others. It would deglorify cannabis use and possibly save their futures. Carl Wagner, Legalise Cannabis Alliance, Hull
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