Planners first for special measures?
Dear Sir,
DPH
24 Aug 2017
National News
Shooting ourselves in the foot
During this year's General Election campaign one of my friends, who doesn't always vote Liberal Democrat, was enthusiastically considering voting for us. Then our cannabis policy was announced in the press. For her this cast a shadow over her voting intentions and she had grave doubts that she would now vote Liberal Democrat. She had run an urban centre in the UK for homeless men for 7 years. Around 50-80 men visited this centre each day. A common pattern, with a proportion of the men, was to arrive at the centre because of family breakup and unemployment but in a general state that they could be helped to turn their lives round. Then they would adopt the habit of taking cannabis regularly and over time become permanently mentally ill and no longer be in a state to access help. This is so tragic and so sad. I'm personally in favour of legalising and regulating cannabis use. The aspects of doing this that particularly interest me are, those who choose to use cannabis for recreational and/or medical purposes ar
JR
24 Aug 2017
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WF
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Theresa May accused of U-turn over EU court’s role after Brexit
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HSRM
23 Aug 2017