Letter: Our drugs problem
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We live in a society where people are imprisoned for easing their arthritic pain with cannabis, and where importing cannabis is seen as a crime that justifies a sentence four times as severe as rape. All this for a substance that has been proven to be less harmful to health than alcohol and tobacco.
B P WHITE
Chadderton, Greater Manchester
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