ummmmm,I forgot what the article was about now

Dylan, Bangkok, Thailand

Boring, but happy dope smoker, or exciting, but belligerent drunk. My Goodness! That is a tough choice indeed....

Clay Lovett, Clayton, NC, USA

Like, well, you know, man, uh, who cares?

Viktorovich, Moscow, RF

Obviously, from some of these comments, dull people do not realise they are dull.

JB, Nantwich,

I went through 5 years of smoking everyday all day. I stopped partly because being high all day is not advisable, and because it affected my motivation. I stopped smoking for two years. Now I indulge sparingly and its a great passtime with good friends. I do not agree that it is boring.

carlos, buenos aires, argentina

I smoked it for 12 years from the age of 15 before giving up. I really did not care if it was Cat A, B or C.
Like Mr Hesaltine said last night on QT, the Govt are only doing this to please a minority of electorates.

Phill, The Wirral, UK

like most of us, smoked a bit too and to be honest your right about alot of it but it depends on ones character as to whether they 'converse' or not. its very possible to interact and have a great time in a similar but slightly different way to alcohol.
i agree, there is no point inclass system tho

tom, surrey,

How about a class " Z " government Mick.

Colin, Corby, UK

Well Said John Muraki, sums it up!

kash, windsor, Uk

New Labour downgraded it when it rode the Cool Britannia refreshing youthfulness sweep away the middle aged Tories wave.

Now that youth so often comes with the tag "feral" they want to be seen looking look tough on any sort of delinquency. So back up it goes.

Shabby politics and spin.

Andrew Forbes, Thames Ditton, England

I think trainspotters find trainspotting exciting and interesting , That's why they do it. One mans trainspotting is another mans bar brawl. Anything wrong with that? We're not hurting anyone!

Ken, Leeds , UK

I bet if anyone did research they would find that the majority of cannabis users are men, & there is a very good reason for this.
All the men who would previously have been train spotters are now cannabis users. The special paraphernalia, the learning to roll a joint (in secret) - so tragic!

Victoria, London, UK

It certainly is B for boring in crummy old South Wales. The cannabis farm seizures have topped 300 since Christmas. Mostly set up in shut down hotels and other abandoned buildings, growing the weed is an alternative to a screw driver job on some tatty industrial estate. Lots of addicts in Wales.

Jones, Swansea, Wales

Smoking cannabis IS superior to drinking. Duh. How many cannabis smokers you see passed out on sidewalks in their own vomit? How many cannabis smokers miss days off work due to hangovers? How many tax dollars are spent carrying cannabis smokers to the hospital? Alchohol is by FAR the worst drug.

Dee, London,

written by a man who's never sat around the kitchen table with fellow smokers revelling in the stories of the day...
weed is enlightening, celebratory and truly relaxing.
Drinkers quite often try to take the moral highground in my experience and Mr Hume appears to be no different.

james, teesside,

i prefer stoned people to drunk people. and smoking to drinking. and strangely enough, i still have fast and enjoyable conversations. even with sober people!

hanna, hamburg, germany

Give me a cream cake anyday !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I am a diabetic and would rather go into a hypo from the cake than suffer any of the detramental affects or effects of cannabis !!!!

Ian Payne, WALSALL,

Really ca`nt remember the last time I trashed a town centre after a couple of spliffs but never mind, narrow minded bigotry is obviously alive and kicking.

Richard, Plymouth, Devon,

Great argument: reminiscent of "Reefer Madness" for it's one sidedness.

simon, Guildford, UK

Yeh Bob Dylan, The Beatles, Ray Charles, Stevie Wonder, Alan Ginsberg, Jim Morrison, Jimi Hendrix... dull characters....

George, London, UK

If it's no fun, why are so many people doing it?

Simon H. , London,

Have you ever been sober in the company of drunks ?

Chris, chesterfield, uk

I find your bias frightening. Your comment about "punching their lights out" sums it up. Drinking leads to nothing but violence and stupidity. Forgive me, but I'll take sedation and stupidity over a pointless bar brawl anyday. How many intelligent conversations have you had with a drunk?

John Muraki, Honolulu, USA