Cyprus: Time to rethink absurd attitude towards the treatment of cannabis users

OUR SOCIETY has never dealt rationally with drug use, always falling victim to the scare-mongering by self-appointed anti-drugs crusaders who were more concerned about making a name for themselves rather than adopting a sensible approach to the issue. They were greatly assisted by the sensationalism of the media, which for years referred to cannabis as ‘white’ or ‘slow death’, regardless of the fact that the drug does not cause death and is said to be less harmful to health than alcohol.

The facts were never allowed to interfere with the scare stories the campaigners and the journalists were propagating. To be fair, the media no longer runs such reports but the campaigners and politicians are still prone to knee-jerk reactions, exaggeration and suggestions totally lacking in common sense. They still promote the old mythology that drug users need to be saved, the same way that preachers felt obliged to save...

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