Policing cannabis: Can pragmatism replace policy?

Abstract

Whether society needs protection against the effects of the cannabis plant is a moot point, but generally politicians have depended upon the ‘thin blue line’ as the bulwark against increased use. For 40 years the author viewed cannabis from within that ‘thin blue line’ and his choice of identified ‘milestones’ along the route of cannabis’s gradual social acceptance reflect an almost total lack of logical planning.