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Saturday, 30 December 2017

Daily Mail Stormzy Drug Howler

Stormzy - under press attack once more










Anonymous said...

I loathe drugs and the criminal organisations that are usually behind them.

There is a question, however, as to why this country followed the USA down the drain by criminalising drug use. Who instigated it and why?

This becomes important since the CIA was exposed as one of the world's foremost drug runners. That being the case, which other Western "intelligence" agencies are culpable in the dirty business, and why?

The two worst deliberately addictive substances are alcohol and tobacco. US attempts at prohibiting the former only led to an immediate and devastating increase in organised crime. That's the same criminal organisations later recruited by the US establishment for a programme of political murders and community destabilisation - all of which is now a matter of public record. My bet is that is why drugs were criminalised. Why have we never had in this country a public inquiry into organised crime and its drugs activities?

An addictive personality is a tragic personality. Those who think drugs increase the creative instinct are living in lala land. Creativity exists DESPITE addiction, not because of it.

Drugs should be decriminalised, licensed and controlled in the same manner as the other two substances. Those who operate outside such laws should receive the justice prescribed.

Pity the genuine addict. Lock up the criminals.

Tim Clark said...

Portugal has legalised drug use and drug related crime has plummeted. I'm not sure but I think addiction rates have dropped as well.

Simon said...

Biographers Peter Brown and Steven Gaines attribute the new musical direction to "the Beatles' now habitual use of marijuana",[137] an assertion confirmed by the band – Lennon referred to it as "the pot album",[138] and Starr said: "Grass was really influential in a lot of our changes, especially with the writers.

Found on Wikipedia in 30 seconds (but they do source it) including a quote from the now Sir Ringo. Hypocrisy at its finest from the Mail but what else do you expect?

Anonymous said...


So it's all the fault of The Beatles.

That explains everything.

Anonymous said...

This may help you on why.
I have read that there is some significance in the US adoption of a Mexican name, marijuana, and also the targeting of opium, favoured by Chinese immigrants on the West Coast.

Simon said...

I don't care who smokes what, or why they do it. Just seems odd that there was no hatchet job on fellow honour recipient Ringo Starr over drug use. Why that might be I have no idea.

Anonymous said...


Well, it might be that drug use extends even unto those who bestow gongs.

You never can tell.