Medicinal cannabis and drugs for personal use should be legalised, say Lib Dems
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Posted: June 23, 2015
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The Liberal Democrats have called on the government to decriminalise cannabis and possession of drugs for personal use.
Brian Paddick, the party’s home affairs spokesman in the Lords, has called for a series of amendments to the psychoactive substances bill.
The proposed amendments include decriminalising possession of all drugs for personal use and the legalisation of medicinal cannabis when prescribed by doctor.
Paddick said: “When I was a police officer, I realised that locking up drug users is simply not the answer.
“We have to learn the lessons of why our current approach is failing before we make the same mistakes with new psychoactive substances as we have done with other illegal drugs.”
Arguing the case for legalising cannabis use for medical purposes, he said: “There can be absolutely no justification for seriously ill people, prescribed medicine by a doctor, to be forced to become drug smugglers.
“We aren’t talking about fake prescriptions for those wishing to get high. We are talking about properly prescribed doses of pain relief for those with serious conditions.”
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June 23 2015, 7:03PM
For a drug taking pedant Johannes Hirschfeld who spends and inordinate amount of time on here telling others to get a life (pot kettle etc) you have lept to some strange conclusions as I have yet to make ANY argument maybe you could STOP smoking long enough to clear your head and try that again?
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June 23 2015, 6:48PM
Your argument sucks, konnichiwa. Lots of people are killed for a few quid but are we going to ban money? Lots of people are being killed by someone under the influence of alcohol but is alcohol being banned? I know of an Indian fellow who stabbed a Pakistani to death because he had an affair with the Indian’s wife. Are we going to ban marriage next? Or knives? There are lots of countries where cannabis is accepted or even lawful and it seems to work there so why not here in the UK? If the sale of cannabis was controlled it certainly would cut out all the big dealers and importers.
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June 23 2015, 5:57PM
And yet on the same day another news story in THIS paper Lizzy — "She added: "They returned to Mr Mathews flat during the afternoon and smoked some more cannabis. At some point Mr Matthews remembers Mr Duffy asking Ian to make a joint, it seems he couldn’t find any and Mr Duffy started to get agitated." Ian Brunner left the flat and Mr Duffy died at the scene. The defendant was found shortly afterwards walking along Church Road. On being arrested and cautioned he replied "He’s not dead is he. I didn’t intend to kill anyone." Asked where the knife was he claimed he had disposed of it in Shakespeare Road, but the court was told it has never been found."
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June 23 2015, 5:33PM
Who decided cannabis is intolerable but tobacco and alcohol are? Cannabis was banned due to the paper industry becoming under strain as hemp was found to be more efficient. High power journalists and paper business owners began to declare in newspapers that this new discovery of hemp was making ‘blacks and mexicans rape white women’, therefore gaining the backing of powerful white people to encourage a ban on hemp/cannibis to save the paper industry. It is a joke and a perfect display of societies corruption even nowadays.
When I see people so against the legalisation of weed it makes me so embarrassed to think that everyday people are still faithfully nodding their heads like dogs and their owners at this idea that is forced upon them by the government. Sure there are studies that ‘prove’ that weed is dangerous but have you ever looked to see who funded those reports? The pharmaceutical companies. Think how much their profits would drop if people opened their eyes. Take just two minutes to think about why you SUPPORT man made chemical combinations that are sold over the counter and prescribed to us that cause hundreds of side affects (just look at the list that comes with them) and OPPOSE a plant grown from our own earth.
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