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UK: Letters: Alcohol has a worse track record than cannabis but would we ban it? David J Crawford, Ian Smith Herald Scotland Saturday 23 Jun 2018 The reality is that, although it had been available for centuries without cause to have its use debated in Parliament, it was criminalised under the Dangerous Drugs Act in 1925 essentially to harmonise UK law with that of the 1925 Geneva international Convention on Narcotics control. Subsequent legislation has been a response to the increasing popularity of the drug, despite its prohibition, the supply chain of which accounts for a substantial portion of criminal activity in the UK. I see the prohibition of cannabis both as a medicament and socially as an infringement of an individual’s human rights by a government that has no right to do so. If the prohibition is to prevent harm, why is alcohol not banned for the same reason as it has a much worse track record? Legislation that was originally spawned by the religious dogma and economic concerns of the ruling elite in Egypt and Turkey generations ago is a blight on our current society. Why is it that, when our Parliament is supposed to be the flag-bearer of enlightenment, it is still shackled by antediluvian mores when society accepted the change years ago. The sheer hypocrisy of the situation is summed up by the fact that, earlier this year, Victoria Atkins MP, Home Office Minister, was accused of having a conflict of interests as her husband Paul Kenward is managing director of British Sugar, licensed to grow non-psychoactive cannabis. David J Crawford === AT least the good Lord Hague is moving with the times, unlike some of the Tory dinosaurs. The legalisation of cannabis is long overdue as the war has long been lost and our prisons are full to bursting with non-dangerous prisoners. There is much more misery caused by alcohol, even more than with hard drugs. There seems little evidence that cannabis smokers automatically move onto hard drugs, even less evidence that someone “on” cannabis is ever aggressive; something that cannot be said about alcohol abuse. Politicians who remember the 13-year shambles in the United States that was Prohibition, where gangsters ruled and more alcohol was consumed than before the legislation, should take note. More enlightened countries are legalising recreational cannabis and reaping the benefits of extra taxation raised. It makes no logical sense not to follow suit in the UK. Unfortunately, as long as we have politicians who are still in the 19th century, we will never progress. These same MPs are the ones who think that the Empire will return one day and Britain will again become master of the seas; in your dreams. Ian Smith === http://www.heraldscotland.com/opinion/16309771.Letters__Alcohol_has_a_worse_track_record_than_cannabis_but_would_we_ban_it_/
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