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Letter: Cannabis: Regulated Drugs Market Is Needed
Robert Sharpe Leicester Mercury
Friday 30 Jun 2006 Regarding your Opinion ( Mercury, June 24 ), former Home Secretary David Blunkett's reclassification of cannabis was merely a step in the right direction. There is a big difference between condoning cannabis use and protecting children from drugs. Decriminalisation acknowledges the social reality of cannabis and protects users from criminal records. What is really needed is a regulated market with age controls. Separating the hard and soft drug markets is critical. Current drug policy is a gateway policy. As long as cannabis distribution remains in the hands of organised crime, consumers will continue to come into contact with sellers of hard drugs, such as crack cocaine. Given that cannabis is arguably safer than legal alcohol - the plant has never been shown to cause an overdose death - it makes no sense to waste tax revenue on failed policies that finance organised crime and facilitate the use of hard drugs. Drug-policy reform may send the wrong message to children, but I like to think the children are more important than the message. Robert Sharpe, Common Sense for Drug Policy, Washington, DC.
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