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Originally Posted by annesingleton
You are so wrong here! It goes hand in hand with alcohol and a general culture, nothing to do with gang culture. It is just a part of life in general that the vast majority of the 'socially excluded' young people I work with will think that cannabis use (as well as other drugs) is just a normal part of their lives and they cannot see any reason to change because they have no expectations or confidence in themselves to make positive changes to improve their lives. I appreciate that this is a far bigger social problem than the drugs issue, but I don't think that legalising drugs would be a positive message in their lives - it's like saying " carry on as you are it's ok, in fact we'll encourage you by making it legal". And then what about the following generations, what expectations will they have? (I think I'd better stop ranting here, it's Saturday night for God's sake, I'll finish my glass of wine and go to bed!!!)
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Better watch the wine Anne - maybe you drinking too much!
If cannabis was legalised then it would be illegal for people under 18 to have it and also it would still be an offence to sell it to people under 18!
Another issue is that Skunk is about 20% stronger than naturally grown cannabis! So these kids are taking that strenght of drug - grown by gangs in this country - who often use slave labour to grow it! Surely if we legalised cannabis than these gangs would be put out of business and also SKUNK would not be taken by kids! Because it's skunk that can cause more harm to peoples mental health!