Okay, so what well-worn narrative is being parroted on this latest ‘let’s legalise cannabis’ campaign?
• Still leading with the ‘War Against Drugs Has Failed’ mantra?
• Is it, ‘thousands are incarcerated for simply blazing a spliff’?
• Or the newer tune on the playlist. ‘all the money that will be saved by not having to enforce anti-drug laws’?
• And is the refrain still ‘everyone is using it or okay with people using it, so time to legalise after all, it’s just a plant’?
Well, before we get into the science – if that still matters? Let’s unpack these ‘old chestnuts’ of pro-pot propaganda and at least have a little look at reality behind the ‘smokescreen’ of Sativa sound-bytes.
