Everyone knows that cocaine is a dangerous drug to the individual and to society.It baffles me why a government of developed country like Britain has to be reminded by the United Nations of the dangers of this drug.
Dr Timothy Stamps,the former minister of health in Zimbabwe once defended the country's continued production and sale of tobacco arguing that the economic benefits derived from tobacco trade outweighed the health risks of smoking.
Could the silence of the UK Health authorities on this cocaine issue be an indication of their concurrence with Dr Stamps' argument.At least Dr Stamps was bold enough to make his position public.

Alton Hadzisa, London, UK

Celebrities having children out of wedlock were a bad influence as well. Nothing stopped them from doing that, in spite of the damage to some careers caused by such 'scandals'.
Drug use is the same kind of expression of free will. They enjoy cocaine; they believe they have a right to decide what to do with their own bodies (are they wrong about that?); they feel that the general public should decide for themselves what they do - no celebrities are saying 'you must use cocaine to be smart'.
I lost my long standing Anglophilic respect for 'knighthood' when I saw rock musicians receiving the honor. Where are the real heroes these days?
It's not surprising that men who've been arrested on drug charges should be knighted; the 'honor' has become meaningless.

John, New York City, USA

Because they are high earners. You have to understand that people with a lot of money have to escape the pressures of all that wealth.

david, Bromley,