Truth

Fascinating spat between the chief drug adviser and the home Secretary. It seems that there are some kinds of truth that are politically unspeakable. I know little about drugs; too square and Christian at university and at Imperial College we all drank beer anyway! I know how certain types of addiction, such as to heroin and crack cause huge personal and social problems. However the long term effects of cannabis or ecstasy are subjects about which I know nothing. So when an expert body make statements about the level of danger of a drug I am tempted to listen. However can politicians? With a hysterical tabloid press can they risk being perceived as soft on this subject? It appears not. Another part of our public discourse rendered useless.