Thursday, January 29, 2004
Britain has relaxed penalties on possession of cannabis.
I've never really understood marijuana laws. Seems to me that a drug that makes you want to sit around watching cartoons and eating pizza is less of a problem than one that makes you want to drive fast and have fights in bars (alcohol). It's certainly less of a problem than a drug that makes you hang around on street corners having sex with strangers for money (heroin). The British police figured their resources were better channeled towards fighting harder drugs rather than the ones that don't really cause any social problems.
I've never really understood marijuana laws. Seems to me that a drug that makes you want to sit around watching cartoons and eating pizza is less of a problem than one that makes you want to drive fast and have fights in bars (alcohol). It's certainly less of a problem than a drug that makes you hang around on street corners having sex with strangers for money (heroin). The British police figured their resources were better channeled towards fighting harder drugs rather than the ones that don't really cause any social problems.
