CANNABIS IS UNLIKE TOBACCO

Geoffrey Davies, of the National Drug Prevention Alliance, was correct when
he said that the Legalise Cannabis Alliance is enthusiastic about
large-scale cultivation of cannabis (ie hemp) in East Anglia. ("A new
harvest of misery", Letters, 24 April)

He also asked whether we thought that cultivation of tobacco added to human
happiness.

Of course not, but the only things the two substances have in common are
that they are both plants and they are both smoked.

Tobacco is poisonous and highly addictive substance and has caused illness
and the premature death millions of people in the UK just over the last 30
years.

Cannabis smoking has killed no one.

Cannabis has thousands of uses: from medicine to fuel, as fibre for
clothing, canvas, ropes, oils, paper, paints, plastics and much more.

Telling people that cannabis and tobacco are equally dangerous, or that
cannabis is one of a whole range of dangerous drugs, is likely to tempt a
person using one to try another.

It does nothing to discourage drug use or minimalise harm.

Alun Buffry

Legalise Cannabis Alliance

PO Box 198

Norwich