The British media’s stance on cannabis is embarrassingly out of date.

I was a bouncer in Glasgow nightclubs for years and know for a fact stoners are nicer and easier to deal with than drunks.

I've smoked cannabis for 10 years and graduated in mechanical engineering last year. Breaking stereotypes, one joint at a time❤

It’s embarrassing it’s even a thing anymore U.K. laws are so out of date.Weed helps me with my chronic pain after the doctors wanted to put me on years and years of pain killers.

My mum, 85 years old, never smoked in her life. She is crippled with pain from Arthritis in her spine which the GP keeps throwing those bloody awful Codeine at her, which do absolutely jackshit. I got her some Cannabis and she was pain free for the first time in 10 years.

Weed is the only drug I’ve ever taken that’s made me a better person after the fact, I’m calmer, more empathetic, less angry only time I’ve ever been paranoid is when I’m outside

I smoke it like it’s legal anyways, so many stigmas surrounding it but I function just as well high as I do sober, while people drunk become completely incoherent and their behaviour switches completely

Only a guy who has never smoked a joint in his life would feel like a lobotomised chimpanzee and most probably forget what day it is, generally regular users function better after a joint..

They are talking as if everyone that tries weed goes by the wayside. It’s just not true, everyone that tries alcohol doesn’t turn in to Barney Gumble! Most people enjoy it responsibly, or at least to the point where it doesn’t ruin their lives. Never mind about protecting us, we can make our own choices as responsible adults

Yes. The uk government are the biggest exporters of medical cannabis, yet they still tell us there are no medical benefits Edit. I have been told that the uk does prescribe it to some patients. Please see the comments to find more information from people more informed than me. Thanks.

Never had a problem with someone high on weed. Had many problems with someone drunk.

Take a group of drinkers and give them a free bar for the evening. Take a same sized group of potheads and give them all the weed they want. Go back at the end of the evening and look at the results. Worst case scenario in the drinkers room will be arguing and fighting, broken glasses , puke on the floor etc. Worst case scenario in the pothead room is trying to find people underneath all the Dominos boxes 😂

I've smoked for 15 years i dont drink alcohol at all i work all day 6 days a week i just smoke on an evening to unwind just like some people like to have a few beers after work

From 15-22ish I drank all the time and drinking always led me to the class A's alcohol was definitely my "gateway" drug, smoking weed is only ever a gateway to the fridge or bed it never ever leads me anywhere else 😂

This video needs more exposure; the comments alone speak what the government needs to hear.

I once ended up living with a owner of a Web design company for a little while. I would watch him smoke a small joint while talking to a client about their requirements and it would help him picture what the client wanted. I asked him how does it and he said when you control how you use it, you can enhance your personality and abilities and in his situation, made him more creative.

As a cancer victim - i was given 2 months to live back in oct 1999, 6 months in and outta hospital, chemo therapy, radio therapy, nuclear medicine, i signed myself outta hospital after taking a treatment that had a 1 in 20 change of dying from the treatment alone, i smoke weed hard, but still here 21 years later - fuck the UK cannabis laws

I'm sick to death of other people telling me what I can and cannot put into my own body.

I got stopped recently in the UK and when I remarked that it would probably be legal soon, the female officer stated that the only reason other places have done it is because"there's so much they don't know what to do" I just stopped talking, absolutely mental at how far she had hurried her head in the sand even her colleagues frowned

We are so far behind the times in this country it’s madness. The benefits far outweigh any sort of downsides.

Watching MSM talking about weed and it’s legalisation is like watching a time machine. They are so out of touch

I like the idea of it being taxed & regulated, sold in coffee shops and consumed mainly in licensed areas in a big city with a space out lounge like they have in Amsterdam.

Smoked it for years,always worked hard and provided for my family

Yooo, we still talking about this??? 50 years of talk... Can we just legalize it already ffs.

Due to the current laws, most marijuana is done in privacy, either alone or in small groups. The amount of creativity that could be achieved collectively is reason enough to change this archaic law.

I’m in Spain so it’s legal for personal use , I was on opioids for over 10 years with a bad back , Now I have a couple of spliffs a day , no pain , no addiction , It works for me

the only reason people get anxiety now when they smoke weed is because the old laws are extremely harsh punishments if they are caught with cannabis.

Boris Johnson also said that his neighbours “roll up and smoke a joint” and it’s not fair that they’re “breaching the law for what they’re doing”

If you’re not hurting anyone else, no one else should have a say. Especially, not the government!

They are growing it in massive warehouses across the UK and then shipping it abroad, Yet they will raid a council house and ruin a few guys lives.

“What if we started using cannabis like cigarettes” - these ‘what ifs’ are pointless when it has already been proven and tested in multiple US states.

I consume daily, and the law can’t stop me practicing photosynthesis. There’s a huge difference between lawful/unlawful and legal/illegal. It’s all lawful and it blasts legalities out of the water.

I worked as a doorman for many years, I was never worried about the smiling red eyed people sat in the corner laughing. It was the slurring drunk up ones who were the trouble. I smoke myself and have for many years. All weed does is unlock that little box at the back of our heads, the box that no one ever opens when sober. When you deal with the items in that box the mental health issue disappear

I've smoked weed for 30 years. Kept the same job, never been in trouble with the police, dont drink alcohol, eat healthy food and also work out, am a loving and caring father and grandfather. Legalise marijuana.

I've been smoking it for 40yrs. Never had a problem, apart from a craving for kebabs and chocolate. Nobody has died of a Cannabis overdose.

Love the way a non cannabis smoker feels entitled to speak on these things

British sugar is Britain's largest cannabis grower and they grow the strain everybody knows as skunk for export. The UK is also the largest exporter of Cannabis for medical use such as Sativex.

I’ve found smoking small amounts regularly has significantly improved my epilepsy more so than any of the awful prescribed medications doctors have given me.

I'm a prod pot head and am even a HM veteran and came out and had mental breakdown and the GP only prescribed anti depressents and they turned me itno a drooling angry mess, i did more research and managed to find some decant street cannibis, i started smoking it as a medical subsatnce, and stopped the GP tablets and with in a week a felt less angry i wasn't a zombie and took the pain away aswell as gave me my life back and since then i've not looked back. i was working as a port coordinator supervisor and even went on to university and have just graduaited in 2020. using cannibis for only medical use as it was cheaper on the street than pay 40 to 50 for the GP drugs. it should be legalised but the big shot aclohol and pharama companies have so many MPs in their pockets that if it does get legalised it will be sooo expensive for the people who really nned this plant to save their lives, its just disgusting.

Before this starts ... let me spark a fatty 🔥🍁💯

As a cannabis smoker of 20 years I say yes!!! I'm sic of being stigmatised when drinkers kill...

Seeing how alcohol and cigarettes are far worse for your health and is easily accessible, I don’t see why not. Massive source of employment for people, another source of taxable income and drug dealers will lose customers because a company would be safer and more reliable.

Alcohol ruined my life, weed saved it.

Ian 'clueless' collins booming on about something he knows jack about. Us smokers will carry on regardless of the legality. always have, always will

I've not drank alcohol for years and just enjoy a smoke when I have my time off work.

When I was 14 it was easier for me to call up my weed dealer and buy some coke of him than to go to the local corner shop and buy tobacco to smoke with my weed because he asked for ID.

Disgusting hearing people criticising weed when they haven’t got a single clue about it. Embarrassing. It’s like me talking about rocket science.

Growing my own plants, in the garden & greenhouse.

Here's a man talking about weed, who has never smoked it, grown it or sold it! go figure...lots of misinformation there Ian...

Either legalize or Ban Alcohol, the far more dangerous drug..

It shouldn't even be a question in 2021! If you're not free to do what you bloody want with your body and conciousness, you're not free at all

He says maybe it's time to legalise it in the "modern age" but it's only been illegal since the modern age

This is not even controversial anymore. Let’s just grow up aye?

3:50 Introducing a new drug into the system? It's been here for centuries.

I'm 18 and only ever smoked weed twice the first time I felt no different and the second time I felt amazing I was relaxed and happy it genuinely made my day a lot better I just sat in my shed watching my phone just laughing. I've drank alcohol to witch has made me sick to my stomach and do stupid things I will never drink again but I would certainly smoke some weed.

If they were in pain constantly they may have a different option. I've had spinal surgery twice im on 12 tablets a day just to be able to move around cannibis helps more than any of the tablets.

They shouldn’t legalise it they should make it compulsory.

Smoked it for 35 years.. No health problems because of it. No black lung. No chest issues what so ever.. No breathing problems. Didn't use tobacco. I only stopped because i'm old school and i cant get old school weed anymore. I do miss it but was never ever addicted. I just stopped . I'm 52..

Work 5 days a week come home have a spliff, been doing it for nearly 10 year cut all the alcahol out and even cigarettes I feel amazing honestly

How long has it been yet boomers still can't understand ''Skunk'' IS A STRAIN and does not denote strength *facepalm*

they keep on repeating the fact that the strains are too powerful and can cause long term effects however if it was legalized it could be regulated. they also talk about if it was legalized it would be easier to get despite the current situation where its easier to buy weed than it is to buy the rolling papers to put it in

"Will people get stoned at work?!" 1. Yes, they would. Just like people get drunk at work. The difference being you would be able to work better high than drunk. 2. People already do get high at work. Just like they get drunk at work currently. Be responsible for your own actions, whether stoned, drunk, or clear-headed.

Canabis addiction? 4 days cold turkey then your fine.

If it was legalised just imagine the revenue in a tax levy alone...!?!

Just legalise it, read anything about prohibition and you'll understand.

Alcohol is legal and way more dangerous!

Legal or not there is literally tons and tons of herb available in Britain, on every street in every village, town and city there is someone growing or smoking it, it's time to congratulate cannabis for winning the war on cannabis.

5:00 A lot of the addiction issues are because a lot of people smoke Cannabis with Tobacco (said to be the hardest drug to quit)

ALL drugs should be decriminalized and treated like a heath issue.

This has put me in the mood for a smoke.

I think another huge issue is that as the barrister said they have come across a lot of people using marijuana psychosis as an excuse for their behaviour. I cant speak for all cases but I know people that have said that to try lower their punishment. This in turn has created a view that marijuana is dangerous. Criminals are biting stoners in the arse essentially

41 smoked since I was 13 never had a health issue, never suffered with stress mental illness or fatigue and body aches. Power to the herb 😁🌹legalise now

Yes. Tax it, and also use the freed up police time on community policing - stopping crime like antisocial behaviour- which is what most of us suffer from.

Let's boost the economy 😂 Tesco's Finest canabis coming soon lolll

Remember Seth Rogen is still alive, sane & keeps making millions with his easy to digest adult comedies. And that guy has been smoking for 25 years now.

Sorry friend but your knowledge of the effects of weed seem to be pulled straight out of a 90's stoner comedy movie and have very little basis in reality

What's the question? I'm stoned.

Yet alcohol that is way more dangerous and destroys families is readily available. Crazy.

Just legalise it, its not gonna give you a clear head but it will help you when your suicidal. Also right now the least amountyou can buy is 2 grams. But change it, make it legal and let us buy smaller amounts, this way we can get stoned as a one off instead of resorting to chronic usage everytime we want to buy some.

Why can't we base the cannabis debate on "because you've got no f*cking right to tell me what I can smoke".

People would give up tobacco and smoke and vape weed instead. Improve health and reduce burden on NHS.

I use it for migrains and general stress relief at the end of a long day at work.

I dont smoke weed anymore i quit a long time ago but i personally think it should be legalised. I mixed with some proper criminals sometimes getting the stuff leading down some darker paths.Would of been better to not be in those places and get it from the local pharmacy instead.THC can then be controlled and not be so freaking high as it stands now so less "freak outs" as they say.That said best to have different strengths available to stop anyone going else were. Edit:Another thing is if i wanted to help relax and ease my chronic back/leg problems with a J then I am going to have to go mix with some people that i would ideally rather not be mixing with(not saying they are bad people)

If the toffs legalised this herb it would certainly save the NHS and many other public bodies.

What u on about I thought it was legal .... always on sale outside all the super markets regularly

Does more to help my arthritis than any tablets

Looking in my draw for hobnobs right now 😂

There's always too much of something, difference between cannabis with alcohol and tobacco is that cannabis has medical properties.

"Three men that clearly have zero idea about weed (they can't even get their terminology right) discuss whether people should be allowed to enjoy it." Up yours, this is absolutely embarrassing!

I used cannabis to pass A level chemistry and physics with A*

Cannabis went back to class B because Gordon Brown made a backhand deal with the Daily Mail.

If you can get drunk, throw up and be violent why cant we smoke a doobie

I personally think the UK government is against this because of big pharma lobbying. In lots of medical cases where pharmaceutical drugs do not work cannabis seems to be a viable medicine. It's all about money. Also the government always thinks of the worse case scenario and bases laws upon this. Alcohol is a far more destructive drug. By the way i think other drugs such as cocaine and heroin should be illegal.

We all heard it; "I've never really been a cannabis smoker" 😂

My dyslexia thought it was cannibals...

I'm a uk user I have multiple sclerosis and I'm only able to work due too cannabis making me feel pain free enjoying food and sleep which I wouldn't be able to without cannabis. It doesn't make me walk around like a zombie it makes me sharper and more alert and completely depression free.. amazing medical properties that adults should be able to make decisions if would help them or not...

Nah, I've already lost my job, now you want me to lose my non taxable profit so foreign owned corporations can get it instead? Keep it illegal! Support local dealers!

"is it time"... It should never have been illegal in the first place.

It's been decriminalised for medical use in the UK, and the UK has one of the biggest medical cannabis markets in the world so it won't be long at all until we see a recreational market =)

There's v little point in Govt trying to ban things that people are clearly going to do anyway. Better to regulate, sanitise and break the illegal trade which causes more deaths in turf wars than Cannabis ever could.