I thought they used marijuana for medical purposes anyway? Either way, recreational use - no. Try being a passenger in a car where the driver is high. Yes, nearly crashed.

I think there are a couple of cannabis derived drugs that are available over here, one spray and one tablet form but not actually smoking it. I know they did have trials on it but not sure of results or if they are still ongoing.

I am for legalising all drugs - it's up to peoples' personal choice what they do with their own body.

I've seen, and known, too many casualties, nobody thinks that they're gona be the one to be affected adversely.

That's quite a change from yesterday.

As for the rest of it you are right, others will always be affected if it was all drugs, although if it was legal I'd assume the prices would be less and less theft would occur. Maybe.

But it's the families of the harder users who will be more affected, and we would more than likely see an increase in the number of small children suffering and probably more deaths like this.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/2581139.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/bristol/7476454.stm

And more problems like this.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/edinburgh_and_east/5000430.stm

There is no acceptable figure when it comes to things like that, even one more case is too many.

I would love to see some sort of trial in this country, just to see how crime figures actually respond to the legalisation of pot.

It is a subject everyone has an opinion on, but can only really guess as to what might happen.

At the moment crime and drugs DO go hand in hand, and legalisation is one step towards splitting the two apart.....

With pot surely the main issue is with regard to it being even worse than tobacco for health, couple that with the government unlikely to be able to tax it - as if it's legal people will grow their own won't they? - and it doesn't add up for a strong argument to force their hand.

Like you said pot isn't something that greatly contributes to theft statistics. The drug driving issue mentioned above could potentially become a big issue though and I think it's difficult for them to measure how much someone has had as compared to simple tests for alcohol levels.

I can see it being made available for some people who can gain most from it's benefits but not generally available.