Mary Kenny
A woman walks in an area called ‘Crackland’, an abandoned site that has become a drug haven for addicts in Sao Paulo. Photo: CNS /Nacho Doce, Reuters Perhaps the strongest argument for legalising – or at least decriminalising – cannabis (and other recreational drugs) is that this measure takes it out of the hands of criminal drug-dealers. If people are going to smoke weed anyway, let it be through a legal route – just as cigarettes remain legal, even if unhealthy. And…
