Cannabis Behind Bars

Alcohol is legal, cigarettes are legal and both are highly taxed placing a huge impact on South Africa’s economy. Alcohol leads to impairment of perceptions making for irrational thought processes and careless aggressive behaviour which in turn leads to many deaths. Cigarettes are proven to be one of the most addictive drugs and lead to many illnesses and can harm even those who do not smoke but who simply come into contact with the smoke. What then makes Cannabis illegal and alcohol and cigarettes legal? There is no medical evidence that Cannabis is as harmful as cigarettes, Cannabis does not cause aggression, you cannot overdose on Cannabis, there is no proof that Cannabis is addictive and there is no statistical or medical evidence that Cannabis leads to doing other drugs. The legalisation of Cannabis would mean that the police could spend their time on more important, harmful criminal activities, the jails would then be less overcrowded, agricultural opportunities would arise creating more employment and the economy would sore. Nationwide it is estimated that the annual turnover in the informal dagga agriculture is twice that of the legal liquor trade, imagine the income generated if it were to be taxed! The South African Police Service has even abandoned its war against ‘tokers’ saying that resources would be “freed up to focus on more serious crime”. There would be clear benefits from the legalisation of Cannabis so why are far more destructive substances legal but Cannabis is not?

http://cannabisni.com/world-wife-cannabis-news/934-sa-popcru-puffs-up-a-storm-over-push-for-dagga-legalization

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