Reply #2: And they don't tell the full story

[sweetheart]

What are these people being arrested for? Likely it is an outgrowth
of the war on drugs. I've encountered enough anecdotal evidence that
i would be willing to wager it. What happens is that someone gets
nicked for cannabis, and then can't get a job because the person gets
the stigma of being a criminal, and nobody will hire criminals... this
then keeps the person out of a career and on the public dole.

THe really pathetic part is that they treat the war on drugs as some
sort of sacred crusade, when it is really a horrible racist policy
imported from the american fascists to screw over the poor and deny
them political representation.

That and as well, alcohol and the associated violence, because the
culture pushes people on to a drug (alcohol) that is much much more
dangerous socially than cannabis. All this story does is make me
laugh at how stupid the people are in government who make such dumb
laws.... i've no respect for them at all.