Pubdate: Sat, 11 Nov 2000 Source: Essex Courier (UK) Website: http://www.essexcourier.co.uk/ Address: Foremost House, Radford Way, Billericay, Essex CM12 OBZ Email: 2000 Essex Courier Fax: 01277 633112 Author: Bernie Ranson 'BREATH TAKING STUPIDITY' Dear Editor I quote your recent report: "Dutch Police took Mr Pickles to a variety of coffee shops where they informed him that "the drug dealers who supply cannabis 'through the back door' are, generally speaking, the same ones that supply crack, heroin and ecstasy." With breathtaking stupidity, this is presented as an argument against the legalisation of cannabis! Perhaps even though Mr Pickles can't grasp this, your readers can: Cannabis is a relatively safe substance, its illegality causes far more problems than its use does. It is prohibition that puts its supply in the hands of criminals. Yours sincerely Bernie Ranson, Essex - --- MAP posted-by: Don Beck