By GAVIN MACKINTOSH
Health organisations have stepped up their call for cannabis to be decriminalized. In a report by the Royal Society for public health and the Faculty of public health, the health organisations claims that more harm than good results from criminalisation.
Among the issues being raised in favour if decriminimising cannabis is that it leads to exposure to harder drugs, especially in jail, causes family tensions, and leads to unemployability for users criminalised purely for possession.
Advocates for making cannabis legal, also want to see the drug and it’s legal handling moved from the home office to the department of health, insisting Cannabis is a health issue than a criminal one
The report seen by the eye of media.com, maintains the continuity of punishment for drug dealers and producers of drugs, but actively looking recommend the categorizing of cannabis in the same bracket as cigarettes and alcohol.
Their strong recommendation has been presented to Mp’s for consideration, and the government is expected to reveal their action plan after next week’s referendum in terms of whether cannabis will be decriminalised.
Cannabis is used recreational by over 3 million brits, top university students, doctors, and even a handful of lawyers amongst regular users of the drug.
The medical benefits of cannabis to arthritis sufferers has also been highlighted on numerous occassions in the past, but Parliamentary will to change the law has been the main obstacle.
Cannabis most definitely cannot be recommended as a general health trophy, especially in certain forms of skunk sprayed with all sorts of additives.
However, the underlining point of the report is that psychological and medical treatment is the answer to issues if addiction, and that the use of cannabis is not handled dissimilarly to cigarettes or alcohol.