Cannai

That's what you'd be left with if you took the 'bs' out of 'cannabis'.

But instead, the UK Government's Frank campaign has decided to double down on their bets, and warn us of the terrible dangers of 'cannabbiss'.



It has been upgraded from a Class C drug to a Class B, despite it never having killed a single person. Now, you may be wondering, why do I care? I don't smoke weed. Point is;

a) this highlights the immorality of the entire drug war - 'we will stop you from putting this substance into your system';

b) this demonstrates the hypocrisy of our drug laws - cigarettes and alcohol kill thousands of people a year, but they aren't banned while cannabis/marijuana, which doesn't directly kill anyone, is;

c) it also shows the lengths government is willing to go to in order to persuade people not to use a drug that is outside of their control. Cannabis is grown in the attics of council houses, while the genuinely dangerous drugs are grown in fields in Colombia or Afghanistan and shipped here by the establishment (oh no conspiracy theorist alert!).

For the record, no I do not advocate the use of cannabis, nicotine, etc. Get 'high' from life, not from a substance. But do I care whether someone else wants to smoke a spliff? No. They make their own choices.

More to the point, the deadly and expensive drug war drains our resources, fills our prisons and condemns generations to life under criminal gangs. Let's end drug prohibition.

"You wanna get rid of drug crime in this country? Fine, let's just get rid of all the drug laws." - Ron Paul