Prohibition of cannabis does not work. If it is actually doing any harm to children, prohibition keeps it a secret. If there are any harmful effects of long term cannabis use, prohibition has not countered these. Prohibiting alcohol use causes those who will take the risk of drinking to indulge in greater risk drinking. Those arrested for risking lives by drinking while driving are acting in a dangerous and psychotic manner. Risking the death of another is insane.
It is hard to say how many schoolchildren in New Zealand already smoke cannibis. It is clear that regulation of low-THC hemp alternatives will make it harder for kids who naturally seek to fit in with their peers and yet not engage in possible long term health risks attributed to the overuse of cannabis. Low-THC cannabis may be less harmful than tobacco. How many young mothers smoke tobacco?
Low-THC alternatives enable a reduction of THC intake thus diluting possible psychosis while acting like a psychological nicotine patch. If indeed the BMA do not change their mind once again, and declare cannabis safer than alcohol or tobacco.
If there is harm being done to our children, it is being hidden by the way the law promotes a thriving black market that is making those who would put it in the hands of school children empowered. If cannabis use were decriminalised a cannabis culture may exist, but it would not be promoted by the greed of criminals.
If it were to be treated along the same path as alcohol, moderate use could be harmlessly enjoyed by those old enough for it not to matter, and school children would benefit by the tax dollars invested in an education system that is convinced it must favour the wealthy to survive.
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