In England and Wales the governments have decided to increase the penalties for Cannabis possession. The Home Secretary of England decided that Cannabis has an 'impact on young people's mental health'. I am no expert on the mental health of the youth of England and Wales, but take one look at the Sunday papers, or the police reports of any given weekend, and the amount of alcohol related crimes, including stabbings, beatings, car crashes, murder, spousal abuse, family breakups, and alcohol abuse, there you will find overwhelming evidence that alcohol, and not marijuana should be made illegal.
Once again I am not an expert, but in all my years I have never heard of any marijuana related crimes that are covered by the above list. One of the most prolific, peace promoting, reggae artists of all time, Bob Marley, was an advocate of marijuana use, and I would just ask the english Home Secretary Jacqui Smith, if she thought that Bob Marley's ideas, and visions of world peace, and unity were the ravings of a person whose mental health was damaged through his use of marijuana?
In America, the so called 'war on drugs' has seen many young men, mainly black men, imprisoned for small amounts of marijuana possession. Is this england's future vision for its ethnic population; to imprison its young black, and asian men on misdemeanor drug charges?
I know one thing based on englands prior history concerning its 'ethnic problems' that imprisonment is the least of the weapons in its arsenal. Consider the following:
Slavery, internment, concentration camps, shoot-to-kill, starvation, plantations, and ethnic cleansing, need I go on?
One Love,
PastyBap
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