Drugs have been with us since time began except of course it wasnt a crime then to have it.

Cocaine for instance was the choice of the rich and well shod and was trendy to have in all the parties of the the 1930's all to the way up to the 1950's before it became a crime to possess it.  Plenty of songs from those days were littered with reference to it......listen to that old ditty  ' Lets face the Music and Dance'  etc with Fred Astaire  dancing his legs all over the place and you will see what I mean.   It didn't t cause much harm and no one died from it.   Of course it was not available for the common man in the street until the late 60's and then laws were introduced to control the 'rabble'  from indulging and bringing it into disrepute.  The dealer was born.      Its only recently that Dentists have stopped giving you an injection of it, using Cocaine as an anaesthetic.
Most analgesics you buy from the chemists still have a smattering of Cocaine in it.......not enough to make you high..but it does sometimes work with that headache you want to get rid of. For instance...Lidocaine..Novocaine etc.    Most problems with this drug is not the drug itself  but the greed of the dealer who 'cuts' it with substances that make it a lethal combination. Pure Cocaine  (NOT Crack ! Which IS harmful)  is the only drug that replaces all the vitamins you need before leaving your system.

Cannabis or otherwise called hashish, Ganja,Marijuana, draw, blow weed,grass, dope is freely available on most streets in the UK and if you want it ..you can get it.   A  man was once prescribed Cannabis by a doctor  for him ' to relieve the paranoia that overcame him  at the thought of being busted for possession of illegal dope' !   IT can be eaten in a cake, drunk as a tea or the most popular is to smoke it.   In Holland, where they have a far more adult response to its demand, there are 'Brown ' Cafes where you can choose the strength of the type you want and can sit down and smoke it without fear of being arrested and have a criminal record as in the UK.   Most cannabis in the UK comes from the African Continent and also from Jamaica and there are a lot of  'home grown'  products  on the street now.
Due to the effects of the drug, which is longer lasting and more 'controlling' of feelings than 'Coke'.....it is not a good idea to get in that car and drive!    In a percentage of resistant individuals cannabis has no effect on them at all, some feel nausea and some cant control their bladder.
Coleridge and  De Quincey werent above sampling a pellet of  hashish in their day, however the popularity of the drug soared in the early 70's  with the hippy trail and the songs of the time advocating its exhilarating effects.
The 'Legalise cannabis campaign' traces the origins of British control back to 1912..........so this is not a new demand !

However a lot of time, expense, manpower is wasted by the Police in its endeavour to 'hold up' the Law.
Last week, two teams of 12  Police raided two houses in the early hours..battering down the doors on both houses.......and what for ?  £5 worth of cannabis resin!

So why all the excitement ?  Do these two drugs really warrant the extreme reputation and repulsion that accompanies every mention of it ?   The short answer is that what applies to every drug........it is not the potency or the toxicity but the measure of economic, political and social pressures for or against it.

In my own opinion drugs should be legalised and controlled by the Government and sold through Government outlets only to anyone over 21 and legally.  Its their choice...and the death of the dealer will also lessen the deaths of those who were served up lethal concoctions by them in their greed to make more profit.  The Police resources would be  able to deal with the rising violent crime that we endure on our streets at night rather than waste time on something that will never ever be able to be controlled by punishing those that indulge and get caught. There would be no drug trafficking, no gangs, and as all trendy things....once legal the trend for having them will wear off.........

The two most dangerous drugs that kill millions every year is not Cocaine or cannabis  (or ecxtasy or amphetamines or even heroin).......are legally and freely available........ALCOHOL and TOBACCO.

As it is VERY profitable for the Government......... it is legal..................Thats OK then!