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Asked by bob12 to Asif, Laura, Lena, Sean, Viv on 20 Mar 2012.
Question: Why is weed illegal when it has been proven that alcohol is worse for the body ????
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Lena Ciric answered on 20 Mar 2012:
Good question! It was found by a study in 2010 that both alcohol and tobacco were more harmful to the individual and to society than cannabis, yet it remains illegal. Smoking cannabis is not harmless by any means, however it seems that keeping it illegal is not reducing use. A group of South American countries with big drug problems are currently in discussion about the decriminalisation of certain drugs as “the war on drugs” has not reduced drug use. If cannabis was made legal, it could be better controlled and even taxed. I think we should try this, but I expect it won’t happen. There are many political agendas that won’t allow it.
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Sean Murphy answered on 20 Mar 2012:
I agree with much of what Lena said. However, it is always much harder for a politician to legalize something rather than make it illegal. This is because it would be easy for political opponents to characterize a pro-cannabis politician as soft on drugs/crime. However, it is now obvious that the tough on drugs policies are not working, with record numbers of people in jail, and many of these people go to jail on minor drug offenses and end up committing more serious crimes due to their exposure to other criminals. I think another approach is needed.
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Laura Waters answered on 21 Mar 2012:
I think that is a good question as everything in life has some sort of danger involved. A debate on this would be great.
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ogoldfinch09 commented on :
The government can’t make millions of pounds from the taxes on “weed” whereas they can on items such as alcoholic drinks and cigarettes; the demand is not high enough and as immoral as it seems it is one factor that contributes to the reality.