Cannabis find leads to arrest

David Caruana

Sep 26th 2010, 11:37

Prohibitionists and those in favour of regulation should come together and discuss rather than attacking each other. I'm sure there are valid points from both sides of the discussion.

Some might be interested to know what outgoing president of the Royal College of Physicians, Sir Ian Gilmore had to say about the subjtect : "Decriminalising drug use could drastically reduce crime and improve health"
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-10990921

Other good reads about the subject by Professor David Nutt and Transform Drug Policy Foundation:

http://www.crimeandjustice.org.uk/opus1714/Estimating_drug_harms.pdf

http://www.tdpf.org.uk/Transform_Drugs_Blueprint.pdf [3Mb]
“ This is the most thorough, evidence-based, balanced discussion of how we might move towards a more rational drugs control policy that I have seen. It should be compulsory reading for all our policy makers.”

Rod Morgan
Professor Emeritus of Criminal Justice, former HM Chief Inspector of Probation, and Chairman of the Youth Justice Board for England and Wales

Mario Borg

Sep 26th 2010, 08:25

Great achievement!!! How sad that such irrelevant news finishes on front pages nowadays. Who cares about a guy with some pot. Get the big fish with heavy drugs police, then start blowing your trumpets.

R. Murdoch

Sep 26th 2010, 02:21

All of you who don't understand the subject of cannabis NEED to watch this documentary:

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-9077214414651731007#

Joe Fenech

Sep 25th 2010, 23:26

Any coherence over there??????,

http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20100923/local/arrigo-asked-us-to-favour-his-people

mike humphrey

Sep 25th 2010, 23:25

You know, I don't see why I should be the criminal How can something with no recorded fatalities be illegal? And how many deaths are there per year from alcohol? record show that the amount of money they spend repairing leery drunk people at the weekend pales in insignificance when the amount they spend on takeing down people with cannabis. ITS POINTLESS LEGALIZE IT!!!

Joe Fenech

Sep 25th 2010, 23:22

Educate rather than arrest.

See how even Holland is changing its drug laws after realising the problems cannabis is creating (increasing numbers of school drop outs, people unable to work, lung cancer, schizophrenia cases etc). It depends on quantities consumed of course. We're not talking about the occasional smoker.

What surprises me in Malta is that we make a fuss about someone smoking a joint. We shame him, and send him for a year or two in jail.

J.borg

Sep 25th 2010, 20:58

http://www.cannabisculture.com/v2/articles/4411.html Boffa should support legalization

Karl Consiglio

Sep 25th 2010, 20:50

Couldn't just leave him smoke a joint in peace? How intense they are.

J Cassar

Sep 25th 2010, 19:28

I have NEVER heard of any cannabis ODs Get the fraudsters those are the ones who are doing a LOT of harm to our society and leaving a LOT of victims! I am one of those victims!

Agius Daniel

Sep 25th 2010, 19:01

Malta is one of the few countrys in the world in which marijuana is not discriminilized...
All this hassle for nothing OLD MENTALITY

D.Magro (mind's eye dub)

Sep 25th 2010, 18:21

"Every time I plant a seed, He say kill it before it grow, he say kill it before they grow." - Bob Marley

Neil Sant

Sep 25th 2010, 17:49

What a ridiculous waste of police resources. Legalise it!

smifsud

Sep 25th 2010, 17:22

Cannabis is the wonder drug of our lifetime as it helps in many ways ..with reducing pain helping u sleep better and also helps with flu and colds beside helping ALS patients to eat more and live with reduced effects of the desease...and what do we do ..we put people in jail for it ...and the legal drugs that are prescribed to us are killing us slowly ...go figure ....malta wake up !!!...this is just a hot political potato that know one wants to deal with ..so the injustice continues ....

J.Borg

Sep 25th 2010, 17:08

What a waste of our tax money. Shouldn't the police be investigating a robbery or something like that instead of something so harmless.

Robert Callus

Sep 25th 2010, 16:58

When will these ridiculous arrests stop? Marihuana is not harmless. However it is much less harmful than the legal drug alcohol, and having it illegal does much more harm than good. http://robertcallus.wordpress.com/2010/01/28/legalising-marihuana-the-stepping-stone-theory/ Ever though of a barman as a drug dealer? Wouldn't make sense, no?