'The new big tobacco!' Peter Hitchens warns of PLOT to rake in 'BILLIONS' from cannabis

Peter Hitchens says the dangers of cannabis are being ignored.
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[@paranormalchannelx1307]

THEY DONT WANT PHARMA TO LOSE BILLIONS MORE LIKE

[@petersmith2522]

And the alcohol industry

[@petersmith2522]

He even used a lie here to protect big pharma he said nearly all mass killings was people that used cannabis thats false its people who was on prescription anti depressants or trying to stop taking them

[@funky_junkie]

They're all petrified and so many anti cannabis people are starting to look very silly after all the hard work they have put into judging.

[@PHS.44]

Exactly, absolute shite from the idiot

[@Planet-Pantera]

A patient cured is a customer lost

[@danuk500]

Alcohol is worse than cannabis so why isn't alcohol banned as well? Seems like hypocrisy to me

[@stuartb4525]

Alcohol to a degree is restricted to over 18s.

[@oliverearnshaw6189]

⁠@@stuartb4525and if weed was sold in licenced premises like in Amsterdam it would be only sold to over 18s, never seen a fight in a coffee shop over there,but I was a bouncer in pubs and clubs I’ve broken up hundreds! And Amsterdam has the lowest use of narcotics in a European capital city

[@danielseaburg9763]

@@stuartb4525 And cannabis would be too....

[@MAarshall]

@@stuartb4525 Sir, have you been drinking or perhaps smoked a bit of crack?

[@secondchance6603]

@@stuartb4525 And as we all know nobody under the age of 18 has ever drank alcohol because it's restricted to over 18's... honest.

[@andredecaires2]

I started at 14 Im now 62, been using all my life. Prasie Jah for the herb.

[@jongenboren]

Imagine growing your own plants and having enough for the whole year and never having to pop out and see a dealer whos fudning horrible criminal gangs and illegal immigrants who grow it.

[@x2lls]

I grew 10 plants last year. Banana Kush. £70 for seeds plus lighting power for a years supply. I am now growing this years crop but still one huge Kilner jar to go from last year. You know it makes sense(i)

[@wils35]

@@x2lls Which seed company makes that BK? Is it a good smoke??

[@x2lls]

@@wils35 sensiseeds with a somewhat com. 10 for £70ish. last purchase, bought 10, got 14, 12 germinated.

[@goodyeoman4534]

Oh wow what a noble guy. So you're happy to fund the horrible criminal gangs now?

[@timkelly5602]

@@wils35 I accidentally crossed Mango with Hindu Kush and got Mango Kush seeds, the resulting plant was the weed you always wanted to find, high but without any interference in co-ordination or physical abilities... and i have since seen Mango Kush seeds for sale... recommended if you can find them... i haven't looked recently... i think it was some random FB dude that posted them from a legal US state...

[@MB10-66]

Isn’t the UK the biggest producer and exporter of pharmaceutical cannabis?

[@jaybee9269]

Also medicinal heroin is legal there.

[@paulsmyth3580]

Yes and MP's own shares' tresea may's husband owns part of one

[@kevlacy5306]

​@@paulsmyth3580 Theresa mays husband is or was the biggest cannabis grower in Europe 48 Acres!

[@marcust123]

Yes

[@user-po1ve1ud9g]

@@paulsmyth3580no one wans the government weed because its toxic. the uk tried to corner the market and now its on the back foot.

[@jimihayes150]

I would rather go out on Saturday night with stoned people than drunks

[@SpadgerMcTeagle1]

Go where?

[@theconspiracyfactorist.144]

​@@SpadgerMcTeagle1 Anywhere

[@hughmungus_698]

now imagine those same people you would rather avoid out on the piss and mix in some ridiculously strong THC weed. Its not this camp or that camp, the issue remains the same. just look at the state out the first places to legalise weed in the US, California in particular San Fran and Los Angeles are in a piss poor state as is Seattle Washington. Not saying weed is the cause of that but it sure as shit didn't help.

[@Drizzle600]

Stoned people don’t go out on Saturday nights 😂😂..

[@rollerrollerichson6258]

​@@hughmungus_698Netherlands are in much better shape than UK.

[@alanbeard7603]

What absolute rubbish I’m 70 years old and it saved my life no one has ever died of cannabis how many dies from alcohol ‼️‼️

[@PHS.44]

💚

[@ZooScott]

weed all luv tae see yer planT’s… 🎩 💯% 💨 …….

[@lewisdirienzo201]

Let's ban alcohol but ffs do not legalise cannabis

[@theotherone8036]

Hold on; the cardiac effects of cannibis from long long term use are clear and well documented. Higher blood pressure, higher heart rate. All conditions increasing the risk of cardiac events and strokes. Secondly, many people, including myself, get anxiety attacks. It's not some perfect wonder drug without adverse side effects in some people. To argue so, is a lie and simply propaganda imported from the US. I am still, however, for the legalization.

[@markfarnon6742]

@alanbeard good for you, unfortunately it does untold damage to young people's bodies especially their minds - but no one seems to care about that.

[@Zeal846]

I would’ve rather had a happy stoned father than an angry drunk one

[@alisonstuart2784]

I'd rather have a sober father

[@Zeal846]

@@alisonstuart2784 of course but let’s face it, we have such a heavy drinking culture that some of us are exposed to violent drunks in the household growing up, we can only wish for a lesser of 2 evils realistically.

[@archstanton4142]

mine did both. he was much nicer when he was stoned.

[@SagaciousFrank]

@@alisonstuart2784 , yes, it's interesting isn't it, that these pot legalisation advocates only present a binary choice in these scenarios. You only have to go back less than 100 years and most people in this country weren't drunks or druggies, and they experienced far harder times. Funny, that.

[@SagaciousFrank]

@@Zeal846 , I will never understand the logic that because alcohol is an extremely dangerous and damaging drug that other dangerous and damaging drugs should be therefore legalised and made more readily available. My parents and grandparents experienced times of such poor standard of living that most people who bleat about 'poverty' and 'austerity' don't know the meaning of the words, and yet their generations were largely sober and drug free in spite of their hardships. For some reason this country is filled with people intent on its self destruction.

[@stevenkillington5041]

Ive been a canabis user for 40 years no ill effects no hospital or doctors appts in that 40 years

[@andersbluff]

Ditto brother

[@richardkennedy7941]

Same here

[@Shaun-sh1op]

None at all ?

[@richardkennedy7941]

@@Shaun-sh1op nope, I work with an old fella aswell who’s in his early 60s and he’s the same never had a hospital or doctors appointment but his brother has never touched cannabis and been in and out of hospital and doctors for loads of things

[@Shaun-sh1op]

@@richardkennedy7941 that's an eye opener . Thanks for that insight . Me..teetotal abstinence And heading for 70 and liver and other stuff packing in. Life's a funny thing .

[@barkerbiz]

The violence isnt from smoking it. Its from NOT smoking it .

[@Shaun-sh1op]

There you go So smoking it brings on a reaction .

[@barkerbiz]

@@Shaun-sh1op Although smokin it , can somtimes help with a sense of humour.

[@goodyeoman4534]

There is no cure for stupidity.

[@Shaun-sh1op]

@@goodyeoman4534 sadly true

[@barkerbiz]

@@goodyeoman4534 Never give up looking.

[@richieallen2810]

That fact that cannabis was ever illegal in the first place is a crime on humanity.

[@andredecaires2]

😂😂😂😂😂 smh

[@cyberhermit1222]

It smells like shit, turns people into lazy spastics and nobody wants weed smoking chavs next door.

[@robertquinn3603]

👏👏👏👏

[@SimonBlandford]

And it was a globalist policy from the Legue Of Nations then the UN. Globalists really know how to mess things up for us all on a global scale.

[@dennisjones203]

True fact that 😊

[@christastic100]

Alcohol is worse I would imagine than cannabis. Alcohol propagated huge social problems yet it is glamorously displayed in supermarkets. We have a bizarre double standards in the Uk .

[@robertquinn3603]

👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@goodyeoman4534]

If you had something above a pedestrian intellect, you'd be able to explain why, and not stall after the first mealy mouthed statement.

[@tomgee4327]

Yeah but they all love their drink so much that they even drink in their workplace, at our expense!!! How many jobs allow that🤔

[@psychomush]

Alcohol is #1 for violence

[@petersmith2522]

And number 1 worst drug overall there are just so many bad things about alcohol you could be listing them forever even unwanted pregnancies caused by drunken flings

[@TheBunce21]

Yea but alcohol is already here and here to stay. Why add a #2 to the mix.?

[@Kushdeeskates]

@@TheBunce21 When was the last time you see a stoner going out causing violence... They are at home eating snacks, melting on the sofa

[@DevoteeCT]

@@Kushdeeskates Nonsense. We have stoners causing all sorts of mayhem where I live.

[@Kushdeeskates]

​@@DevoteeCT What a load of nonsense.. Canna use is unrelated to violence it even suppresses such behavior.. Those kids are chavs mate not stoners.

[@peterevans7208]

I've smoked cannabis since I was 24 I'm 59 love it I've been a coal miner and I also drove long distance trucks for 22 years only smoked when I was at home not away driving never had an accident in 22 years hitching is talking bollocks

[@deanmartin6052]

Yes he is.

[@T3RRAFORM]

You ask any police officer what they’d rather deal with. An event of 1000 weed smokers or 1000 drunks. They’d all go for the weed smokers.

[@jongenboren]

Imagine how nice peter would be if he was a pot head instead of an alcoholic

[@IR17171717]

What makes you say he's an alcoholic? He seems very lucid here, and while I don't agree with him, he's making what seem to me to be sensible points.

[@bri_____]

What I don't understand is how they plan on banning cigarettes, when they can't even keep weed off the streets

[@audie-cashstack-uk4881]

I have 5 people in my yard communal area of small flats who buy at 2.50 a pack sell at a 5er a pack and mke 1000 plus a week in clear profit

[@BenOBrienO]

@@audie-cashstack-uk4881your saying they sell 57 packets a day

[@theoutsider6191]

Pretty simple to ban it in legislation. But just look how effective that policy is for all illegal drugs. Only an idiot would not see that illegality creates all the problems associated with drug use for the wider public. It would be a far better idea to ensure safe supply and good healthcare provision. The tax could be ringfenced to provide the healthcare and its far better in the hands of the state (assuming they don't piss it all up the wall like they did with COVID), than it is in the hands of organised and disorganised crime.

[@pallascat1743]

Or outside of prisons.

[@SagaciousFrank]

It's not that they can't keep weed off the streets, it's that the police and courts gave up with it decades ago, so de facto decriminalised.

[@jaxbunn3818]

I started at 14 I'm now 62 been using all my life and it is a wonderful medicine that has been used for thousands of years it was the pharmaceutical companies that made it illegal because they can't patent a plant

[@jaybee9269]

Great comment. Trying to use it greedily as tax revenue is not going to work, though.

[@bertiescunsbutch9323]

Do you drive with it as well?

[@ModernPict]

yeah but the govt approved head shops HAVE got the patents on the seeds.. so if they were to decriminalise it in UK i'd be going organic!

[@M8d9R]

​@@bertiescunsbutch9323 Just because you shouldn't drive on weed, doesn't mean it should be flat out illegal.

[@gh-vi9tk]

@@bertiescunsbutch9323 Though you can detect it in the system, the detection is long after the 'buzz' has lasted.

[@Buddhavibez]

Hitchens should be made to work in a prison, a police station or a probation office to see just how dumb their failed war on cannabis has been

[@snorttroll4379]

are there many normal people locked up?

[@mrrooster0075]

@@snorttroll4379yes

[@zmadhatter2340]

Alcohol: 9,641 deaths registered in the UK in 2021 (Source ONS) Tobacco: 74,600 deaths estimated in 2019 (Source NHS) Cannabis: ZERO deaths in recorded history (Source multiple different websites)

[@oliespink9940]

I am prescribed medical cannabis to manage my anxiety, and my wife also uses it to alleviate symptoms of her multiple sclerosis. We obtain it from a private clinic here in the UK, costing us around £400 every two months. While this option provides relief, I’ve considered growing my own plants, which would yield more for a fraction of the cost. It’s perplexing that while I’m permitted to pay a pharmaceutical company for medication, I’m not allowed to cultivate it myself, the corruption in this country is rife.

[@user-po1ve1ud9g]

UK GOVERNMENT WEED IS TOXIC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@pebblesandwoowoo]

Can you name your clinic please? Broken rod in spine, kyphosis, scoliosis, muscle spasms, muscle wastage, osteoarthritis, spondylitis, nerve damage, the list goes on. I've battled for year for the nhs to fix or take the broken rod out which had caused internal scarring, etc. Now I'm 38 and been battling for a drug change. Supposed to go onto morhine patches. Dismissed by pain clinics because "they can't help me" - consultants "don't deal with medication or prescriptions" - the meds can't be adjusted by a gp as they're controlled. I'm barely living. To say I am in pain every day is an understatement, I can barely do anything. I lose feeling in my legs. I can't do many things myself and even "pleasure" has been lost. The nhs have screwed me over and still are to this very day. Would really appreciate a clinic heads up. Just trying to survive and bring up a young family

[@technonarg5978]

@@pebblesandwoowoo Try the sapphire clinic

[@technonarg5978]

I just checked it's Sapphire Medical and they have a youtube channel and plenty of video information on how to obtain a supply of high grade medical marijuana. I hope this helps with your condition,best of luck.

[@oliespink9940]

Clinic is called Cura leaf formally known as sapphire

[@LEE-ty8vq]

The moment weed is legal and regulated is the moment I stop drinking on a weekend. Street weed is not what it used to be.

[@tonydalton6756]

Yep it used to be a nice mild chill. Now it's more like a class A drug.

[@WotsisFace]

It’s improved. The legal stuff will be regulated and rubbish

[@ModernPict]

i wouldnt be buying it from government approved shops though, as big pharma/ big Ag / Gates etc own all the patents on the seeds used in the regulated shops in the States, Canada etc...

[@chrisr5499]

Can you not grow your own ?

[@Airlock667]

@@ModernPictjust imagine the tax on that eight even if its legal id still support my local businesses max

[@sensibill1]

Cannabis must be the most studied plant ever

[@fellucio]

I think it's worth noting that Hitchens insists on using the word "Marijuana", whilst Mike Barnes uses "Cannabis". "Marijuana" is a name invented to "Mexicanise" cannabis when the U.S. was pushing for prohibition and felt that blaming foreigners was the best strategy to get the public on board.

[@davidrichardson5482]

Hitchens is a wise man within his field, but in this, he is clueless. If he had ever tried it, he would know it's nonsensical to even suggest it could cause violent crime - it has a mellowing effect, that's the point. Weed smokers don't deny this because they like weed, they deny it because its a fact. An alcohol drinker or cocaine user, for example, would be fine with saying they cause issues and potentially violence - but no weed smoker has ever claimed it has made them violent, there has to be some weight put on that.

[@davidhoare3585]

The violence comes about by its illegality - not from the substance itself!

[@StPeterr]

It’s when you come off it not when you’re actually smoking it. Look at smackheads….

[@Wast3dlif3]

​@@StPeterr"when you come off it" 😂 nothing lol you have a joint get high then it's in your system for a few months you don't even realise its coming out as the days go by there is no comedown - you get high - you eat - you sleep - and you wake up refreshed - open the curtains and say 💩 I'm still in this shitehole we call "GREAT" 😂 Britain

[@jono1457-qd9ft]

He probably tried it once when he was a student, got very paranoid and thought everyone was laughing at him.

[@jackrussel853]

@@StPeterr Smack and grass are totally different drugs with totally different effects, i know many smokers that have given up without issue.

[@1974Slipper]

I guess Peter drinks alcohol right? Cause alcohol causes violence in public and at home. If it was created these days it’d be illegal. Pipe down and let people do what they want to do.

[@deanmartin6052]

Absolutely

[@DrJams]

Whataboutism

[@goodyeoman4534]

You guess wrong. He's stated many times that if alcohol were already illegal he'd not support it becoming legal. I guess now you'll have to recalibrate your opinion of him.

[@jenniferroe297]

so because alcohol is in society we should have another disruptive drug in society? That makes no sense.

[@gjs321]

Drug driving is now a bigger problem than drink driving. Legalising cannabis is insane

[@leeellerker1855]

The Dutch are not hanging off the ceiling are they?. Some people do, and some people don't it's your choice legally or illegally. As I see it let's legalise it and get some tax dollars off it and make it safer. Also take chuck out of the black market

[@UKnotSafeUnderStarmer]

If I had a choice of eating cannabis or drinking alcohol and smoking, I'll pick cannabis all day.

[@coreyjennings4910]

Yeah I’d eat cannabis and mushrooms for spiritual purposes

[@leroybutcher]

Trying to insist you have an experimental vaccine just 2 years ago or get frozen out of society! Remember that little stunt?

[@Annmarie-b8z]

What utter bull crap spiritual purposes I've heard it all, your in addiction.😂😂😂

[@Shaun-sh1op]

​@@coreyjennings4910spiritual purpose 😂😂😂

[@coreyjennings4910]

@@Annmarie-b8z Yeah, you should try them. Kills depression and creates art. I quit alcohol after only taking mushrooms once.

[@SRTC1perceptions]

If Peter Drinks Alcohol then he has no leg to stand on. This topic is about personal choice. Alcohol is far more damaging overall. The argument for keeping one legal and the other illegal is morally and logically weak.

[@jjwebster1]

No, no it's not.

[@craighart9278]

I agree. It should be a personal choice. For anyone who has not seen it. I recommend watching the 'within reason' podcast when PH threw a complete tantrum on this issue. It's total cringe.

[@bren333]

Alcohol has a tendency to make you legless 🙂

[@petersmith2522]

People have been smoking it for thousands of years and britain is acting like it still in trial stage there just too boring and too conservative

[@petersmith2522]

​@@bren333and be sick 😂

[@user-kx6qo6ld4d]

Treasea Mays husband actually owns shares in a cannabis factory. Britain is also one of the biggest dealers across the world.

[@mikewhittaker5685]

As a previous user of cannabis, I would be horrified if cannabis was legalised, it leads on to stronger drugs, it leaves you nonfunctional as a human being and the worst of all is the mental health impacts it had on myself and many of my friends growing up, some of whom have died from it, the mental health consequences was the worst thing you ever go through, it took a long time to get over. I have feared for my children with drugs and drummed into them the damage its done. Legalising any drug is absolute madness and can only be wanted by those taking them. They are so addictive especially cannabis. That also leads on to smoking, why would you do it. Do not do it, government and police pull your finger out and stop drugs!!!

[@earthsmoke9450]

The fact the Hitchen’s was happy to get j a bb e d doesn’t do much for the credibility of his argument.

[@phillipcarter8045]

There’s great healing benefits in c a n n a b I s. Yet Peter thinks that it’s o k to take the j a bb

[@The_Sonic_Ally]

its the greatest question these days, its all i need to know about who is who. are they jabbed ? the question that tells more truth than their whole life stories.

[@earthsmoke9450]

@@The_Sonic_Ally Agreed…. It says so much more about them than anything else could.

[@chrisw5829]

Most potheads i know didn't take it.

[@Jacob-yb6bv]

@@chrisw5829interesting point, I don’t know so many users these days but none of them that I still do took it.

[@greatscott369]

A more pressing matter is the jibber jabber and the whatsit and the totalitarian dystopia.

[@Windbadger]

Peter is a cautionary tale of just how serious a human can become as a result of not doing drugs. 🤫🤐😱

[@patrickdowney2778]

I'm surprised Hitchens didn't get up and walk out of the studio. The only thing GBNews wanted to talk to him about was drugs - which it is so obvious he actively dislikes talking about.

[@J.B....]

Legalise it!

[@petercrane2560]

disagree...decriminalise it...that's best for joe public, legalising it wouldn't be...wonder why it's illegal in the UK still...well now ya know why it will be legalised mate...medical only!!!

[@goodyeoman4534]

No. Smelly little drug for smelly people.

[@Drizzle600]

Peter Hitchens is a clever guy but hasn’t the slightest clue what he’s talking about with weed… every time I hear him talk it’s just blithering nonsense! And I don’t even smoke the stuff!!

[@marcust123]

Ino right wtf is the guy even talking about

[@phillipcarter8045]

@@marcust123. I think he’s just had some ..

[@marcust123]

@@phillipcarter8045 it really did look like he was stoned didnt it lol

[@njoyingtube1]

@@marcust123 Greenroom ALCOHOL HE WOULDN'T WANT THAT OUTLAWED .

[@Silverback1969MoonLandingLies]

I smoked weed everyday for 13 years, I became violent because of paranoia, it destroyed my mental health and I know a lot of people who mental health was destroyed and some are dead! Peter Hitchens 100% on the money!

[@tegangoodsell7960]

Sad thing is you know Peter goes home every night and has an alcoholic drink but says weed is a dangerous drug aha

[@BigD4Real.]

I’m surprised Hitchens didn’t walk out of the interview like a cry baby like the last interview he did.

[@odavies5219]

I can’t believe he still shows his face in public after that performance.

[@Me-oo4yu]

😂

[@CrAzYJk87]

I suffer from MS and medical cannabis has helped control my symptoms, I have never had any psychotic episodes or violent episodes and I am a long time user of cannabis and I'm fed up with this debate and the government wants more money this is a method lets regulate it properly and advance medical information behind this plant!

[@CrAzYJk87]

I no longer want to give my money to the black market so let prohibition stop on this beneficial plant.

[@aaronmason9332]

Bollox. Whi told u that? Lying nhs?

[@user-po1ve1ud9g]

@@CrAzYJk87 UK GOVERNMENT WEED IS TOXIC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@Annmarie-b8z]

So do I and I would never touch weed, your actually addicted to weed then, my partner was and I had the muscle wasting disease. I don't smoke cigarettes or drink alcohol either.

[@user-kh7kz4do6q]

@@Annmarie-b8zwould you say a diabetic is addicted to insulin, people with chronic pain shouldn’t be given morphine because they’re addictive? Or even people who’ve had a serious accident and get a morphine drip in hospital shouldn’t that be offered? How about people with anxiety given benzodiazepines? Anti depressants change brain chemistry and you can’t just stop taking them, should that be banned? Should we ban sex and relationships because some people are abusive or have sex addictions? That argument is stupid. I have MS too, run a successful hairdressing business and have medically prescribed cannabis oils and plants at night time to alleviate my symptoms. What’s the other option? Live in pain or get addicted to opiates because people like you want to tell me what’s best for my body? I’ve had a few people around me addicted to opiates and their lives become truly messed up compared to when they just smoked some weed. But that’s a whole other conversation around illegal drugs I won’t go into. Please do your research, try looking into Portugal and their drug laws instead of looking at our cousins in US and Canada. Educate yourself before trying to control others.

[@5tever7272]

The UK is the largest producer of medical marijuana yet it has no medical benefit. How many of our politicians have shares in these companies? x

[@user-paullynch]

Teresa mays husband for one how is it possible that they get away with it

[@jimbrown2688]

Good question. One that needs to be asked and comprehensively answered on Westminster...

[@alanbeard7603]

Who told you it has no medical benefit do some research, it cured me of cancer 😊

[@po72644]

I have Complex PTSD and Medical Cannabis is able to stop my flashbacks and periods of low moods. I was prescribed Medicial Cannabis by Lyphe UK back in 2023. I quit university 8 years ago due to my mental health, and this time around I'm on track to get a 1st class degree because I've been using Cannabis on the days I struggle to be functional. As a Psychology student I can also share peer reviewed research papers which go against your opinion. Medicinal Cannabis (Not CBD) helps bring people back in to their parasympathetic nervous system, which is a tremendous benefit for people who have severe trauma. Trauma is stored in the body and in the nervous system, and this is effective for PTSD and other neurological disorders like Epilepsy. Medical Cannabis won't cure someone of PTSD, but it can make life with chronic mental health issues or chronic pain more managable Your opinion is baseless, no offence!

[@theronin365]

I heard epileptic, Arthritis sufferers and people with chronic pain have benefitted from the medical side of marajuana but I haven't used it or had the need to to know if its true .....so?

[@philipprice171]

If this drug is legalised can you imagine the awful, continual stench of it everywhere you go accompanied by giggling groups of youngsters on the streets. Careful what you wish for.

[@nickrudd2568]

Never been hospitalised by a Mellow Stoner. But have by a violent drunk.

[@raycook6952]

Nor has a stoner sat in A.E on a weekend insulting staff and wasting people's time .

[@Mrjjboi123]

uk is and has been for some time now one of the biggest manufacturers and distributors of cannabis to export, yet they dont allow it to our own citizens

[@stevesmyth4982]

No drug is good and some of the most harmful and addictive (alcohol and tobacco (see the drug harm chart)) are legal but there's no way to stop people taking drugs and fining and imprisoning people for smoking cannabis is ridiculous.

[@theronin365]

No drug is good? Have you ever had any medication at all or painkiller from a doctor even paracetamol cough medicine? They can almost all be good given to you from a medical professional...but just like tools if misused that's where problems arise.

[@robertquinn3603]

The war on drugs is a con.

[@matthewcummings9024]

As an anecdote, I've previously witnessed people high on cannabis and others high on alcohol. By far, the most violent of them were the ones high on alcohol.

[@rinkadink66]

Thailand recently changed the legislation on cannabis..and are now desperately trying to row back..

[@mdspider]

This guy must have just seen "Reefer Madness"

[@peacepuffz]

The UK Gov all ready have a massive grow opp! Have done for years.

[@Mixedmash13]

Im an everyday smoker and even if laws changed I will still go to my normal dealer, why should the government profit from me after criminalising me for years. Get fkd!!

[@SK-uq2wr]

Peter hitchens opinions on cannabis are totally ridiculous and medieval.

[@neogirl37]

When my son was a teenager I preferred him & his mates having a smoke & playing ps3, than being drunk & fighting on the streets!! End of

[@KingDomsKingdom85]

Exactly. I was also a nicer lad on weed, than alcohol growing up.

[@goodyeoman4534]

So you allow your children to smoke illegal drugs and waste away the hours on computer games. Mother of The Year Award goes to . . .

[@neogirl37]

Well to be honest my son was on the gifted & talented register at school, is a great drummer, done his grades, went to uni & did professional video & sound auditing, so yeah, I'm a very proud mother actually, anyone wise knows prohibition has never worked, & Jesus stayed with the sinners & lepers not the one that THOUGHT (like yourself) they were holier than thou!! Cast your espersions lmao

[@neogirl37]

​@@KingDomsKingdom85hear this below nincompoop lol

[@nicmafia]

best option is to enable the public to grow 2 plants per household. sell any and you get charged. simple. eleminates the illegal market over night. this will never happen as there is no financial gain to be made for those in power.

[@skaz783]

I used to be pro legalisation but I’m not sure anymore. I don’t think people can handle themselves.

[@bah-bah29hinks7]

“Money, Money, Money” - ABBA

[@PHS.44]

I love the dough. Biggie

[@craighart9278]

I lost any respect for Peter Hitchens on this issue when he threw a childish tantrum, ranted for ages, and walked off 'within reason' podcast when getting questioned about cannabis Thankfully, the host posted the full footage.

[@petersmith2522]

He says mass killings are caused by cannabis again hes wrong or lieing its anti depressants not cannabis

[@jaybee9269]

Alex just wasn’t seasoned enough for that interview. He missed quite a few non-verbal cues until Hitchens lost his temper-not that I’m justifying that. Mentality is so much a product of age.

[@thechunkyone7118]

Great talker but lackabasic human decency sadly

[@marcust123]

He doesnt like the smell thats why he hates it lol yet he drinks alcohol lol

[@chrissammels5444]

The interviewer was a fault in that instance, but he manipulated it to blame Peter.

[@patkelly8309]

The correlation between Cannabis and violence is directly attributable to it's illegality.

[@bailey2913]

The trouble with Peter Hitchens is he’s clearly lived a very boring and sheltered life and actually knows very little about what he’s talking about here, there are many like him. Young people shouldn’t be using it though I’ll agree with him on that. Adults though are a completely different thing, we are sovereign to ourselves, our personal choices while not harming others should be nothing to do with others including this berk. Live and enjoy your life and let others live theirs.

[@nioengland]

Peter is lost on this subject

[@marcl3763]

really!?

[@nioengland]

@@marcl3763 No skid i lied

[@Tommywok]

Right ON DUDE 👍

[@deanmartin6052]

@@marcl3763 Yes he is. Do some research.

[@Narsufin]

Cannabis does less harm than alcohol and tobacco. If one is banned then they should all be banned. Hitchens talks nonsense.

[@andreah1104]

He always talks nonsense. Nothing new.

[@andreah1104]

@AnnmarieOhare-xi5ce I regularly take month long breaks or longer so yes.

[@secondchance6603]

@@Annmarie-b8z If they all say the same stupid answer why are you asking the same stupid question if you already know the answer?

[@andreah1104]

@@secondchance6603 Because she's stupid.

[@cyberhermit1222]

Whataboutism....you cant ban alcohol. It's been established for centuries.

[@northernfireworks402]

Hitchens loses the argument when he doesn’t even know anything about the medicinal benefits. Just reactionary ignorance.

[@robertwilson1209]

The worlds greatest crime was the banning of a plant

[@jujutrini8412]

British citizens should be allowed to grow up to three plants and have a small amount for personal consumption. Many receive great medical benefits from cannabis.

[@Jacob-yb6bv]

Personally I think that would be far better and safer on both an individual and societal level than this route which inevitably leads to massive corporate producers and profits and governmental involvement including taxation. Far better that individuals can grow and manage their own habit and choice than a market be created to supply them.

[@winbig1]

​@@Jacob-yb6bvThen forget plants you need to grow a brain.

[@haggispixi]

What a load.

[@robertquinn3603]

👏👏👏👏👏👊🏼

[@horyzengaming3935]

I have been using cannabis for the past 50 years. Never had any mental issues or health issues. Alcohol is legal and is the most dangerous drug in the world. So to say cannabis is dangerous when you drink alcohol is called being a hypocrite.

[@horyzengaming3935]

Also we are free as grown up individuals to make our own choice of consuming anything, it should never be a government choice, its the peoples choice.

[@jack14kd]

Sugar is the most dangerous drug

[@Annmarie-b8z]

Another addict here, I rest my case its very addictive and I live with an idiot who smoked it for over 25 yrars.

[@edmundblackaddercoc8522]

Can't have free choice can we?!

[@horyzengaming3935]

@janviljoen9554 It does nothing negative after 50 years, just positive. I am more happier than everyone else in the world so that is all that matters in life. You should try it. It may make you a happy person who enjoys life to the full like me. Your comment is very negative so I guess your not a happy person deep inside. But you probably know that already. Be free and kind to people my friend.

[@geesterfunk]

should an 11 year old have alcohol? that story isn't a good example.

[@MiemKing]

Hitchens wrong again.. They always go on about mental health.. when in virtually all helps.. ☝️💯

[@philiprussell1262]

Hitchens has obviously never smoked a joint as he thinks it causes violent crime - perhaps a fight over the fridge, that’s it

[@Slumbert]

Hahaha..... The big sugar for backbrain fight...

[@stuartb4525]

Tell that to my brothers, high as a kite all the time and always fighting, if not with each other, other people. Not talking just fists, hammers etc come out. They don't wtf they are doing. Yet they are nice as pie after having a load of beers?

[@saintdon4461]

@@stuartb4525 lol said no one ever

[@CiderHead]

I guarantee he's partial to a certain 'line' at a upper class party though 😂

[@marcl3763]

you obviously dont get out much.

[@kieranbaikey4118]

Im a uk cannabis patient and it’s all bollox for ticking boxes. They say is there any problems, you go no, they say okay. Then write a petition saying everyone has zero effects… it’s because they want their weed and know they won’t supply it if they have “problems”

[@markfarnon6742]

What's new? The police don't care if people smoke weed or whatever - it's already legalised!

[@KingDomsKingdom85]

As a chronic insomniac, id happily welcome the legalisation of the substance... it also helps with seizures from it, too. Its also got some genuinely outstanding health benefits to those who need them.

[@hansmemling2311]

you'll have to increase the dose over time to get the same effect. It could lead to dependence. If you go this route and are a non smoker I advise the thees and the vapes. That way at least you have no tar and nicotine in your system.

[@tonydalton6756]

I was extremely violent before taking Ganja but not whilst taking it. I did eat cornflakes though.

[@mofo5206]

Monster..

[@CorzIlla]

has making it illegal stopped its use.. No. End of story.

[@user-mu8wb7ro5y]

Violence is not associated with cannabis , alcohol is far more harmful and causes much destruction, cannabis has many health benefits , why are we supplying countries with pharmaceutical grade cannabis and not supplying our own users in the uk ,tax benefits alone would help towards the 2.7 trillion uk debt

[@kaneo1989]

dvd's were legal that didnt stop pirate copys being made and sold, legalising drugs wont stop drug dealing

[@tonydalton6756]

You can buy tobacco for a quarter of the price in the shops. Government greed made it that way.

[@Kushdeeskates]

If they get the price right it will stop them. If it's not beneficial and they cant make good money on it they will stop.. Comparing it to dvd's which cost pennies is silly!

[@kaikai-pb7fh]

after the novelty of buying weed from a shop and paying tax, they'll go back to the black market. the government will be doing the advertising for the drug dealers who will be selling it cheaper . i know more people who buy tobacco from the old dvd lady than they do from the shop.

[@kylefraser8360]

Its a plant. If Hitchens doesn’t like it dont smoke it !

[@7Earthsky]

Why should other people have to imbue your stench? Wanker.

[@Slumbert]

All kind of poisons comes from plants. Not all can be legal.

[@kylefraser8360]

@@Slumbert nearly all medicine is derived from a type plant or a type of fungi

[@kylefraser8360]

@@Slumbert weed is the only illegal plant on the planet too what are you talking about. Name one other plant anyones been made a criminal for use of ?

[@nath1284]

Violent crime? That's just hilarious 😂

[@huguespayens174]

I remember a guy I knew in my teens who started smoking cannabis ( it was considered quite harmless then ,just a bit of fun) we went our separate ways in life……about 20 years later I bumped in to him…… he couldn’t string a sentence together, long term use is not advised🤷‍♂️😳🤔

[@darrencowell2247]

Hitch got owned and he didn’t like it 😂

[@marcl3763]

really!

[@bertiescunsbutch9323]

Smoke smothered glasses.

[@jimbrown2688]

He doesn't like the weed. That's his perogative. He's also from a different generation and has seen the decline of society in general and the increase in crime and overall drug use. I've seen people smoke the ganja and it do nothing more than chill them out. I've also seen it lead to harder gear that's killed people. The man's allowed his position...

[@deanmartin6052]

@@marcl3763 Yep

[@kaikai-pb7fh]

do you want your kids smoking weed.. everyone who smokes it knows it makes you lazy

[@JM_93]

I’m surprised he didn’t storm out after being brought there under false pretences. Sometimes he states he’s bored of taking about drugs and starts throwing pillows around and other times he talks about drugs until everyone else is bored.

[@allanallen1835]

38.000 in 2023 now its 90.000 legal medical users in uk and growing, because it helps.

[@user-yt2vd9gz8y]

Poor old Peter is really showing his own personal ignorance droning on about something he has never experienced in his life, so he knows all about it.

[@steveg7718]

This Country has certainly gone to POT!!!!!!

[@steffanmaximum]

Well, Michael Gove does look like one of the Flowerpot Men.

[@jjwebster1]

So smoking tobacco is bad but smoking weed is fine? 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@kingvill100]

It’s all about the carcinogens that are present in the tobacco, especially in cigarettes. Although definitely not beneficial for the lungs there is no evidence of it doing any lasting damage

[@jedjones9047]

Tobacco causes cancer Cannabis cures it.

[@user-po1ve1ud9g]

@@kingvill100 UK GOVERNMENT WEED IS TOXIC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@Jacob-yb6bv]

And in my experience most users, not all, smoke it with tobacco. It’s win win for the government and the tobacco industry and any industry producing or selling cannabis. That said, I think individuals should make their own decisions not governments….

[@peterwait641]

There are some of the same compounds in weed smoke as cigarette smoke known to cause cancer , just no one done the research yet , doubtful anyone would provide funding !

[@ryansweeney1661]

This guy disagreeing with green but no doubt has alcohol regularly

[@michaeldent5359]

This man talks utter rubbish and he is a pure propagandist !!!

[@Daisy-Routes]

Peter Hitchens is an intelligent fella, but I do disagree here, although it's nice to hear a discussion without screaming and shouting!

[@paulcampbell1596]

never have i witness a more uptight individual......he needs Weed more than most of us.......lol

[@leroybutcher]

No he’s not! He took the experimental vaccine therefore he’s a dunce

[@UKnotSafeUnderStarmer]

You don't have to smoke it, you can add it to cake mix...

[@DaveV173]

My father suffered terrible pain the last few years of his life and always told me smoking weed helped his pain & helped him sleep all through the night

[@antun88]

Peter again and again brutally dismantles this argument, but sooo many people are blind to this and they will remain blind.

[@MHLivestreams]

Ganja is very beneficial to the body and mind, dare say the spirit and soul.

[@Slumbert]

Nope, it's bad for all that, but morons keep using it, and won't stop, so give the morons a legal way with some limitations.

[@DevoteeCT]

It's actually a demonic drug that masquerades as something beneficial.

[@M4M1610]

It’s not weed making mentally ill,it’s the lack of hope and despair of living in the uk

[@andrewelliott4436]

Maybe. But dope makes people lazy and it takes their drive and ambition away. Hence, lives wasted.

[@M4M1610]

@@andrewelliott4436 Not at all, I smoked pot for 27 years,never missed a days work,was never late, held down 2 careers at the same time and went to the least visited places on earth.It’s about the drive you have in you already before you start

[@andrewelliott4436]

@@M4M1610 I think that you might be the exception. I personally know some tragic cases.

[@joesewell309]

57 yrs old used cannabis since the 80s always got up for work, brought up to kids in their 20s & 30s now. No mental health issues. Made some good investments and retired at 55. Cannabis isn’t for everyone but neither is Alcohol!!

[@Based_timelord44]

I get drunk and I hate people and things, I get stoned and I question what hate even is. Peter is such a an idiot, his brother was a god, he only gets the air time because of this

[@marcl3763]

cannabis hasnt done much for you anger issues has it.

[@EricaPopandau]

​@@marcl3763You've missed @based...'s point.

[@minimalface]

@@marcl3763 Says the person jumping on a comment....maybe you need a toke

[@secondchance6603]

I wonder why the professor never mentioned the difference between cannabis and medical cannabis?

[@kaikai-pb7fh]

it's because you lose all motivation and can't even be bothered you get angry about stuff that you should. makes you lazy 8 out of 10 cannabis users are dead enders.

[@richardgallagher4880]

Imagine a government programme that made every criminal in the land sit in their bedrooms tending plants. They put post office roof repairmen out of business in a day😂😂

[@MichElle-zc9tu]

News anchor looks like Princess Kate and is so sweet and modest.

[@leroybutcher]

Speaking shite with no evidence

[@gh-vi9tk]

Booze make you irrational but, he's ok with that?

[@user-em2ml7pd8e]

Another WEF cash cow, but younger wouldn't beable to smoke , so i guess some tax will be needed .

[@jimk140]

This guy is so out of touch, he's such a contradiction. All of his arguments have been disproven.