Cannabis Idiocy Strengthened
7th May 2008
Posted in: Bad Policy | Drugs | The Home Office
Written by: James Grieves
This just gets better and better…
When you are behaving in a fashion more right wing than David Blunkett it surely must be some indication that you are in trouble. Jacqui Smith scotches all respect that I had for her by sadly falling in line with my general comment concerning the ascendancy of the “Blair Babes” into cabinet: I would be delighted to have women in the government, just not those women.
Where there is a clear and serious problem, but doubt about the potential harm that will be caused, we must err on the side of caution and protect the public.
Says she.
Apparently the problem is neither clear nor serious enough to have inspired the expert committee enlisted to investigate the matter to recommend her proposals. Worse still it seems not to have occurred to her that the public just might be capable of protecting themselves. How exactly the continuing legal status of tobacco and alcohol can be justified {if the crashes that kill not only the drinkers but innocent bystanders to their excess is not “Clear and serious” then what, pray, exactly is?} yet a drug which studies have shown highly conflicting findings over {some, for instance, even show a reduced incidence of lung cancer amongst potheads} clearly has to be very, very illegal.
Thankfully the police aren’t going to bother following what the government says. Another group you’d do well to stick to the left of.
