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We must talk to sort out this mess
Name and address supplied Letters, Evening News, Norwich
Friday 28 Jan 2005 Charles Clarke made a mistake in refusing to talk to the Legalise Cannabis Alliance because "he doesn't respect them" (EN Jan 25th) The situation with cannabis is a mess and talking and listening to other points of view is the only way out of it. My son has schizophrenia after heavy use of cannabis at the age of 15. I had no idea there were potential risks - the government, the legalisers and the psychiatrists had done nothing at this time to publicise this information. And there were no psychiatrists on the committee that lead up to reclassification, which is unbelievable. And what's the situation now? Cannabis has changed form being portrayed as completely harmless to giving everyone schizophrenia. Neither of course is true. But, whilst it's outside the law, people are not going to be given information about how it can be used safely - in terms of strength, frequency of use and in particular risks to children. I believe that cannabis should be made legal not because it's harmless, as clearly it isn't, but for the purpose of control and so that information about its safe use can be given and believed. While it's illegal this can't happen. There is too little trust. Ignoring this confused muddle isn't going to make it go away. And Charles Clarke refusing to engage in debate does nothing to help people like my son. Name and address supplied
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