UK: Editorial: Clearly the law has gone to pot over cannabis use

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The Express (UK)

Tuesday 04 Apr 2000

Subj: UK: Editorial: Clearly the law has gone to pot over cannabis use
Date: 4 Apr, 2000
Source: The Express (UK)

The Express Leader

Clearly the law has gone to pot over cannabis use

Lady Runciman's Police Foundation report into the
legalisation of soft drugs has finally prised open the lid
on a debate that was hitherto firmly shut. Good. For too
long, this vital issue has been treated by politicians
afraid of upsetting "Middle England" as the ultimate taboo.
Misinformation and unsubstantiated assertion have replaced
sensible, rational thought and analysis .

At the very least we need a thorough Royal Commission to
look into the subject in a cool, dispassionate way. The
status quo is clearly unsustainable. Last year, Lib Dem
leader Charles Kennedy became the first party leader to back
such an idea. He deserves credit for braving the
controversy.

What is the merit of a law that criminalises hundreds of
thousands of people for no beneficial purpose? Cannabis is
less harmful than alcohol and can have substantial medical
benefits. Even police feel that chasing cannabis smokers is
a waste of precious police time.

Those who defend the status quo should start by asking why
otherwise upstanding, model citizens should break this one
law so regularly? The law on this issue is an ass. It is not
they who are at fault but the law.

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