QC in call to end illegal status of cannabis (UK)

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On and on the the righteous cries went, but who is listening? This from The Scotsman:

QC in call to end illegal status of cannabis

CONTROVERSIAL advocate Donald Findlay QC yesterday called for the legalisation of cannabis.
In an interview with Tommy Sheridan, the Solidarity MSP, on radio station Talk107, Mr Findlay said legalisation could help control use of some drugs by taking them out of dealers' hands.
He said: "
I'm talking about putting it in a legal structure, so you could buy it as you can buy alcohol, and it would give authorities, not just the police, but medical authorities and so on, that level of control. The alternative is the same, and the same is causing harm, and the same cannot be acceptable and we cannot just let this drift on."
Mr Findlay said drugs damaged not just individual, but the economy as the amount of money that was siphoned off by dealers was enough to run a small country.
The QC, who was Scotland's top legal aid earner in 2006, said that while he did not like drugs, and had never tried cannabis, a more radical approach was needed.