Finally a policy making more sense at last. We elect a government to run the country on our behalf and from that point of view, keep us safe. We don’t however want to be controlled to quite the extent i feel we are. People want to smoke Cannabis, not everybody but a not small amount of the population either. That is a fact that has been made clear for the last 40 – 50 years. How it’s still falling on deaf ears even now in 2010 is beyond me.
I believe this to be a fairly good and fair policy but i worry that we will never see it, from this party anyway. The chances of them getting to power are very slim, i would hope they are able to convey this view across to the other parties through the seats they will have. Although i don’t hold out much hope, because like someone has already said, the politicians are to far detached from real life and often don’t have all the true facts on things.
I see no harm being caused by decriminalizing it, after all it does not affect anyone else. You don’t smoke it then go raging the streets, from experience you cant really be bothered. It just takes people away from dealers who sell other drugs, which most cannabis smokers would never consider touching. It should be a little less expensive too, it only carries a premium because of the current law. And even if it didn’t we all know and accept the government would take a cut through taxation, which can only help them particularly at this time.
Maybe not legal full stop, but decriminalized certainly. A guy wanting to get a little bit of weed to go have a smoke at home, (like nipping to ‘bargain booze’ for pack of beers) in the same breath as a criminal, (theft, mugging, murder, fraud), the thought of it is criminal.
Anyway i’m babbling sorry, tie it up. The green party have exactly the right idea, i’ll support them, i just hope its not a wasted vote. If the people of Britain thought they would actually see a difference and a better quality of life in many ways, (not just this particular topic), then I think we would see a huge increase in voters. People just don’t care right now because it just dosent get better. But what if it did…