Cannabis and the State
The fact is that cannabis use should concern the State as it is detrimental to the health and safety of its citizens. Any professional in the mental health or justice fields will testify to the destructive consequences of use of the drug.
Perhaps as a society we have tolerated widescale abuse of alcohol and cigarettes for too long. Thankfully, this is beginning to change.
However, that is not a good reason, as Mr Hogan seems to contend, to legalise another even more addictive and dangerous drug. He is correct to say that serious crime figures rose alarmingly last year - but we should not begin to decriminalise certain activities to massage the statistics.
Sean McKiernan Jnr
Virginia Road
Bailieboro
Co Cavan
