[Margaret Pilkington]

I think that this,as much as anything has much to do with the 'leave it alone' attitude of the authorities.
The fact that many many of those supplying what are considered 'soft drugs' are of ethnic origin.
There are those she believe that these soft drugs...recreational drugs do no harm and are unlikely to lead to addiction of Class A drugs...I am very sceptical of this assertion.
In fact, I would go as far as to say that my opinion is that the use of weed, hash, pot....whatever you want to call it, is the first step down the drug spiral.

The other thing is that the current situation with weed, is that is is the much stronger version...and this is responsible for triggering mental health issues which may need treatment for the rest of the users life.