Curious synchronistic rumblings from the British press seem to suggest a change in the UK’s laws on recreational drugs might be in the offing, after the US cannabis lobby’s recent successes. The bad news first, it won’t be until at least 2015 and the current official stance on the matter, reported by The Daily Mail, is predictably inane:
Last night, a government spokesperson said: ‘Drugs are illegal because they are harmful – they destroy lives and blight communities.
‘Our current laws draw on the best available evidence[1] and as such we have no intention of downgrading or declassifying cannabis.
‘A Royal Commission on drugs is simply not necessary. Our cross-government approach is working.
‘Drug usage is at its lowest level since records began and people going into treatment today are far more likely to free themselves from dependency than ever before.
‘We will respond to the report more fully in due course.’
However the above is taken from an article with the heading: “Treat addicts, don’t lock them up: MPs pave way to legalise drugs as they admit prison sentences are failing to deter offenders“.… Read the rest
The UK’s Daily Express is 