An enlightening article by the BBC on the use of cannabis among Britain's young: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7042881.stm
Moms giving skunk to their kids so they don't go buy from street dealers, lots of under 16's smoking the crap, people growing it on their balconies, you name it, they got it all! Now police chiefs say some parents are complacent and they should be doing more to deliver the message that doing Mary-Jane is not cool. Duh!
What else do you expect when you declassify cannabis from class B to class C? When a kid can take his parents to court for assault when they kick him out of bed and make him go to school? First you take all power away from parents and enforcement officers, then you realize you have a problem. Didn't see that one coming!
Ganja is a drug. It blows your neurons. It makes you idle. It destroys your willpower and ambition. It makes your head fuzzy. It destroys your worthy friendships. It makes you behave weirdly. It makes you waste money. Why can't people understand this, and keep rambling on about how it's not too bad and how it's better than having a cocaine problem et cetera?
If the point is zero tolerance then act accordingly. Reclassify the drug. Jail those who sell it. Hammer in the message that if you smoke skunk you won't get anywhere. Don't just sit idle and watch as the country's young plunge into smokey oblivion.
The Dutch have an apparent tradition of not being able to form a government for a couple of months after elections or resignations. Too stoned to negotiate? Do we want the same fate?
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