7 Questions you can send to your MP.

[ChrisB]

Please answer the following questions to justify the prohibition of cannabis.

1: Millions of people use cannabis in the privacy of their own home causing harm to nobody else why should this concern the law?

2: With thousands of alcohol and tobacco related deaths every year and none attributed to cannabis how can cannabis prohibition be justified when alcohol and tobacco are legal?

3: Measures are being taken to clamp down on irresponsible binge drinking with great care being taken not to penalise the responsible drinker. Why are millions of responsible cannabis users being persecuted for the irresponsible actions of a minority?

4: The cannabis black market is a direct result of cannabis prohibition. Black market cannabis is often adulterated with various noxious substances which are normally far more harmful than any potential harm sustained from cannabis. There are no controls or regulations on the black market to protect the consumer. Millions of people regularly use cannabis despite prohibition. If cannabis prohibition is based on protection from harm please justify this argument for prohibition.

5: Alcohol and tobacco can only be bought by over 18’s. On the black market there is no age restrictions, a £10 note is all that is needed regardless of the buyer’s age. If cannabis prohibition is to protect the young please justify this argument for prohibition.

6: As a Class B drug, cannabis users face up to 5 years in prison for simple possession. The charge of possession signifies personal use only. When the maximum sentence for possession of a knife is only 4 years how can such a harsh sentence for personal use of cannabis (a victimless crime) be justified?

7: Please give any other reasons why you feel the persecution and prosecution of millions of people like myself, who break no other law is justified.


Thank you for your time.

[1695jacquesr]

Nice one. Just about sums it up

[Scouser]

Hi Chris,

Regarding Q.3

Why are millions of responsible cannabis users being persecuted for the irresponsible actions of a minority

I don't believe Cannabis & its users are being targeted because of irresponsible users, I believe it's these reasons strictly in the order given:

Financial (MPs have ties to tobacco, alcohol & pharmaceutical companies, enough said)
Morality (church / 'do-gooders', though the law in this area is dubious, it has little say on matters of morality)
Health (us the people, always last)

What MPs do is push this list in reverse, and leave off the financial part :)

And what's more, I believe the Health issue is pretty much a non-starter, it's been flogged to death for years and no longer holds any weight.


I don't have a representative MP myself as I don't VOTE, but I might try sending these off, maybe Joe Benton (a local MP for our town) will answer regardless.

Tom

[Win]

I would add caffeine into the comparison as well Chris!

Win

[dbnpoizned]

i dont think i know a single person who knows who 'thier' MP is.

are these people really useful or relevant to us? how does writing them leters help, they are just an old boys club who are much more interested in adding conservatories to thier second homes than reading a letter from a local stoner or medicinal user..

maybe i am wrong and there are warriors fighting behind the scene, i'd be really interested to find out if there any MP's who are fighting FOR people's human rights and FOR a free democracy?

i find it hard to find any MP's who are worth the postage stamp? someone please prove me wrong!!

[Win]

Try this btw

http://www.theyworkforyou.com/

Win