Freeweeders no more: UK Independent reverses stance on decriminalization of marijuana
I didn't see this coming, but of course neither did they in 1997 when they called for cannabis to be legalized:
More than 22,000 people were treated last year for cannabis addiction - and almost half of those affected were under 18. With doctors and drugs experts warning that skunk can be as damaging as cocaine and heroin, leading to mental health problems and psychosis for thousands of teenagers, The Independent on Sunday has today reversed its landmark campaign for cannabis use to be decriminalised.A decade after this newspaper's stance culminated in a 16,000-strong pro-cannabis march to London's Hyde Park - and was credited with forcing the Government to downgrade the legal status of cannabis to class C - an IoS editorial states that there is growing proof that skunk causes mental illness and psychosis.
Read the whole thing! More to come in the Lancet about the link between marijuana and psychosis. Fun fact:
Robin Murray, professor of psychiatry at London's Institute of Psychiatry, estimates that at least 25,000 of the 250,000 schizophrenics in the UK could have avoided the illness if they had not used cannabis.I hope National Review might reconsider its stance as well.
UPDATE: My tipster points out that NRO has already noticed, but don't seem inclined to take this seriously.
UPDATE: Good thoughts from Ace.