Suspicious policemen find drugs in cigarette packet

David Caruana

May 22nd 2010, 13:20

@ H. Attard Bezzina , D.Spiteri:

If you guys are in favour of legalisation of opium and coca leaves, that's up to you, no one should judge you. If you would like to grow them without abusing or selling them or their products, why should anyone stop you?

Pity that both opium and coca have addictive qualities, so it would be harder to push towards legalisation.

Cannabis, on the other hand is not addictive, and never killed anyone - compared to the 195,000 alcohol-related deaths per year in the EU. Furthermore, more countries are recognising the healing properties in cannabis and legalising it for medical use.

My question now is, where does cure stop and prevention start? If these countries are recognising its medical properties, why should it be illegal in the first place?

If I suffer from high-blood pressure, why should I choose the manufactured drug Rasilez when I prefer the natural properties of cannabis?

The big pharmaceutical company Novartis makes $290 million in Rasilez (known as Tekturna in the US) sales for hypertension - and that's one of the real reasons why cannabis is still illegal.

Charles Miceli

May 22nd 2010, 12:04

The eternal question will always be what is a drug and what makes it legal or illegal. Why are coffee, tobacco and alcohol legal while cannabis isn't? But there are other important questions. Why do people take drugs? How come that some become users while others become addicts? If according to the World Health Organization addiction is a disorder, then for me it is criminal to send people with disorders to prison.

Miguel Micallef

May 22nd 2010, 10:04

I have always found drugs in packets of cigarettes when I used to buy them, if not I would have returned the packet and asked for my money back. I have since quit smoking though :) I believe each packet contains 20 hits of the drug.

T. Borg

May 22nd 2010, 09:00

Keep it up Police for that good job you are examples for the others to fight against crime.

M Bonello

May 22nd 2010, 08:31

C Alamango & W Vella. A bit of cannabis is not a drug,or at least it is,but so are alcohol and cigarettes?. Perhaps we should bring back hanging,or a life sentence with hard labour in a chain gang for possesion,or would some kind of burning on a grate be more to your liking.Better still,ban all foreigners from entering Fortress Malta..what say you?. Most European Countries of which we are a part when it suits us,might ,just might, give you a tap on the hand.

Ever thought you may be over reacting?. Time to grow up and show a little sense I think.

By the way,I confess to never having taken drugs,that's just in case you think I am some kind of unzipped,hip wierdo jiving,skiving in Paceville high on substances of the illegal kind.

Grow up,lay back,put all your prejudices to one side,free your mind and the rest will follow.

Charles Alamango

May 22nd 2010, 07:49

Well done to the police officers who were so vigilant and effective in their duties. My suggestion is for the police to randomly check people on the street (especially foreigners) for their permanent or temporary visa. I personally see foreigners shying away to hide as soon as they either spot a police car or police officers on patrol. We all know there are probably thousands of foreigners illegally residing and working in Malta who have either entered Malta illegally of overstayed their visit. I'm sure these spot checks would effectively control this very real threat to our economy.

Paul Barrett

May 22nd 2010, 02:36

Well done the Police.

Wenzu Vella

May 21st 2010, 23:24

We read so often about foreigners caught with illegal drugs. It seems that these people are living in Malta on illegal earrings. From what I read about these people most of them they are of no value for the country, so how do they manage to obtain their permanent visa to stay in Malta?
I read too, that most of these when caught, the courts are se lenient with them by giving them a suspended sentence. This of-course because if these people are given a prison sentence they become more costly to the state, and perhaps the prisons are already full, or the laws of the country are so weak.
I stand to argue that when foreigners break the law of the host country they should loose every right to stay in Malta. The courts should issue an order of confiscating anything of value to pay for the costs, and put strait on a plane back to where they came from, entered into a data base so they will never be allowed back in the country again.
I know it sound drastic, but it is the only way to clean up these undesirables from doing more harm

David Caruana

May 21st 2010, 22:40

Please grow up dear Malta... cannabis is not a drug but a herb!

How can a naturally growing plant be illegal?