Ming Flanagan’s crusade isn’t about Civil Rights – it’s about personal gain

Let's get the obligatory admission out of the way: I have smoked cannabis. The first time was when I was 16 and shared a spliff with a friend in a park near where I live. It wasn’t a pleasant experience. A gust of wind caught the joint (which was made of copybook paper) as I took a drag, and it flared spectacularly. The result was a night spent wandering about a school disco, hacking and spluttering and failing to chat anyone up. When I got home, I discovered why. My eyebrows were missing.

It’s a painful memory.

I’ve smoked it a handful of times since then, always when I’ve had too much to drink. I’ve always felt sick as a poisoned rat afterwards. Weed is not for me.

Some of my middle-aged friends still smoke cannabis. I’ve no problem with that so long as they’re not driving a bus or a plane, or off their heads and holding a shotgun. If you want to poison yourself, go ahead, just be aware of the risks. I’m not going to grass up anyone for smoking grass.

Comments

#1. Posted by John on March 26, 2011

The author of this biased piece has a mother called Grainne Kenny�. President of �Europe against drugs�

A lady who has been quoted as saying �Cannabis is more addictive than Valium or tobacco�.

Here�s another article from a couple of years ago, where David used his position as a �journalist� to further his own and his mother�s agenda.
http://www.tribune.ie/archive/article/2009/apr/19/david-kenny-the-debate-about-legalising-cannabis-i/

Never take anything at face value kids, as in this case there is huge a difference between a journalist and a lobbyist.
Although the author seems not to know this.