DRUG WARNING: PUBLISHED LETTER
Source: York Press
Date: November 21 2006
Author: Alun Buffry
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THERE'S been much talk about the risk of smoking cannabis, and every cannabis
smoker knows the risk of being busted.
But there's a far more serious risk involved with buying illegal cannabis. That
of quality - the only control is that exercised sometimes by dealers.
Over the years, there have been more and more obnoxious cannabis products,
containing who knows what, on the streets, often relatively inexpensive.
We've seen "soap bar" (supposedly Moroccan) containing everything
from wax to animal excreta; we've had "Squiggy Black" (supposedly
from Pakistan) that I wouldn't like to even think about; and now we have
cannabis "bud" containing some sort of ground-up grit, sand or glass.
Cannabis, as we know, is outside of the control of the law, so little can be
done.
The health risks from contaminants are doubtless greater than those for pure
cannabis - whether or not some smokers are at risk from strong bud, certainly
everyone who smokes that contaminated rubbish is at serious risk.
People need to be warned - and I hope I can use your letters page to do it. We
cannot just sit and wait for the Government to legalise this popular plant, and
allow some sort of consumer protection and taxation on profits - we need to
warn people now.
Alun Buffry, Legalise Cannabis Alliance.
http://www.yorkpress.co.uk/news/readersletters/display.var.1032534.0.drug_warning.php
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