{"id":24697,"date":"2017-11-10T16:51:36","date_gmt":"2017-11-10T16:51:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jomec.co.uk\/intercardiff\/?p=24697"},"modified":"2017-11-10T16:51:36","modified_gmt":"2017-11-10T16:51:36","slug":"what-should-we-do-towards-the-cannabis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/politics-social-justice\/what-should-we-do-towards-the-cannabis","title":{"rendered":"Should we legalize Cannabis?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"with-sidebar-content twelve columns\">\n<div class=\"gdlr-item gdlr-blog-single gdlr-item-start-content\">\n<article id=\"post-24697\" class=\"post-24697 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-community category-social-justice category-voxpop category-wales\">\n<div class=\"gdlr-standard-style\">\n<div class=\"blog-content-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"gdlr-blog-content\">\n<strong>The police in Cardiff arrested two men\u00a0<\/strong><strong>at Crwys Road\u00a0<\/strong><strong>on suspicion of the production of Cannabis. Since the use of Cannabis is continuously increasing in Cardiff, we asked the public should we legalize cannabis.<\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_24701\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-24701\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2017\/11\/IMG_0152-625x417.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"417\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-24701\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2017\/11\/IMG_0152-625x417.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"417\" \/><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">The traffic in Crwys Road has returned to normal after the arrest action by police.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>According to national statistics office, in 2014,\u00a0 cannabis offences accounted for 67% of all recorded drug offences in the UK and the cases number have been growing up. However, in May, 2017, hundreds of people marched through the centre of Cardiff calling for cannabis to be legalized. There are quite a few debates on this issue.\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>EVERYONE seems has an opinion on\u00a0<strong>whether or not cannabis should be legalized<\/strong>,so we asked the public about their own personal preference.<br \/>\n<strong>Mario, 29, master student in\u00a0cardiff metropolitan university<\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_25284\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-25284\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2017\/11\/4-4-625x352.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"352\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-25284\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2017\/11\/4-4-625x352.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"352\" \/><\/noscript><\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-caption alignnone\">Mraio. Photograph by Shuang Chen.<\/div>\n<p>I think the legalization of cannabis is not good for the society.When people smoke these things, they usually misbehave.The most important thing is to educate, if we educate people properly in schools, they gonna grow up healthy.\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>Ivo Melo, 26, from Portugal<\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_25065\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-25065\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2017\/11\/Ivo-Melo-625x383.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"383\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-25065\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2017\/11\/Ivo-Melo-625x383.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"383\" \/><\/noscript><\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-caption alignnone\">Ivo Melo. Photograph by Shuang Chen.<\/div>\n<p>My opinion is to legalize the cannabis, not only Cardiff, but also the whole Europe, for medical purposes.The youth nowadays usually look for risky activities, but if we legalize cannabis, may be the youth would stay away from that.\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>Danielle Wheadon, 25, Store maneger, Cardiff<\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_25112\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-25112\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2017\/11\/Danielle-625x491.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"491\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-25112\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2017\/11\/Danielle-625x491.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"491\" \/><\/noscript><\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-caption alignnone\">Danielle Wheadon. Photograph by Shuang Chen.<\/div>\n<p>Why not , I mean , people do smoke grass everywhere and it seems cannot be stopped. Also,the legalization of cannabis can do good to some medical reasons.<br \/>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<p><b>Ryan<\/b><strong>\u00a0Been,25, Land Surgeon, Caridff<\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_25138\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-25138\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2017\/11\/Ruan-Bieen-625x390.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"390\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-25138\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2017\/11\/Ruan-Bieen-625x390.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"390\" \/><\/noscript><\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-caption alignnone\">Ryan .Photograph by Shuang Chen.<\/div>\n<p>I don\u2019t think we should legalize the cannabis because it is drug.It does the suicide effects which have been clearly shown in videos and social media.However, in America, cannabis has shown that it\u00a0 brings some benefits to patients,so it could be used by doctors.\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>Lora Jones, Genetics student in Cardiff Universtiy<\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_25176\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-25176\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2017\/11\/Lora-Jones-625x355.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"355\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-25176\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2017\/11\/Lora-Jones-625x355.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"355\" \/><\/noscript><\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-caption alignnone\">Lora Jones. Photograph by Shuang Chen.<\/div>\n<p>My answer is yes, we should legalize the cannabis.The reason is it treats pain\u00a0for people with multiple sclerosis. If we legalize the cannabis, it can be buy in pharmacies, that could be safer. Cannabis do not kill people, it is not dangerous than alcohols. Although I am not,I do know many people who smoke the grass.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Since the use of Cannabis is continuously increasing in Cardiff, we asked the public about their attitudes towards cannabis.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":471,"featured_media":25310,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-24697","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics-social-justice"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Should we legalize Cannabis? - InterCardiff<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Should we legalize Cannabis? 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