An Editorial Comment on the United Nations report into the risks of cannabis use has accused politicians of being "afraid" to speak out against drug use.
It further accused politicians of a motivation of personal gain, noting that the incredible public ignorance over the effects of illegal drug use breeds a feeling of pro-substance abuse; any politician or person of power who speaks out against drugs, no matter how factually correct they are and/or how well supported by research they are, lose any reputation for being "modern" that they may have.
The comment notes that such attitudes are "dangerous" and that the resulting drug use is "physically damaging" to countless people. It also reminded readers that users in the majority of cases exhibit "violent and erratic behaviour [that] harms them, their families, their friends and, in a distressingly growing number of incidents, their innocent victims."
The article joins calls for an immediate recriminalisation of cannabis to at least a category B drug.