Letter: Don't be fooled by
drug myths
Source: The Sentinel
Date: December 11 2007
Author: Alun Buffry
Type: Letter
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Regarding cannabis use, T Cope says: "The justice system has done nothing
to deter anyone" (The Sentinel, December 5: 'This
dreadful drug just destroys lives') yet seems to favour the present system
over legalisation, citing claims that suggest most cannabis users go on to take
hard drugs, and more young people have taken cannabis since downgrading.
Neither is true. Most cannabis users suffer no bad effects, and many experience
health improvements. Can't T Cope see it is pointless advocating a prohibition
policy that has failed? Dilys Wood was right to suggest legalisation ('Cannabis must be made legal', The Sentinel,
December 3).
ALAN BUFFRY, Norwich
http://www.thisisstaffordshire.co.uk/
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