Legal Cannabis Smoker's Dilemma

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Britain’s prehistoric attitude to drugs isn’t working. Why not learn from Texas? | Simon Jenkins

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Half a century ago , Britons prided themselves on being in the vanguard of social progress.

Half a third of adults in England and Wales aged under 60 have tried cannabis.

Nearly one in five residents of English and Welsh prisons are estimated to have been jailed for a drug-related offence.

Half of US states have now legalised cannabis for recreational use.

They also harm themselves with alcohol, nicotine and food. These we handle with tolerance, advice and regulation. On drugs, Britain regards imprisonment as the solution. It is primitive, costly and cruel. The task of the new government should now be to learn from others who have had the courage to try harder. - Simon Jenkins is a Guardian columnist.

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