JUST DO IT - AND EMPTY THE PRISONS

It seems to be assumed that our politicians are scared to legalise
drugs not out of conviction but for fear of the Daily Mail effect.

Has it not occurred to them that the party which defies the Mail (and
of course the USA) will quickly become lauded as wise and
forward-looking when it dawns on people that crime has fallen, the
prisons are short of inmates, public expenditure has been considerably
reduced, and there has been little or no effect on drug-taking? Or
perhaps they really are just addicted to failure.

Jim Bowman, South Harrow, Middlesex