Should William have asked about legalising drugs?

HOW irresponsible for a future king to get involved in a discussion on legalising life-destroying, family-shattering drugs. He is only encouraging the loony liberal Left. He should take a lesson from his grandmother and keep his mouth shut.

Peter Westrip, Dorchester, Dorset.

I MUST take Stephen Glover (Mail) to task about some of points he made concerning William asking drug addicts and former users whether they thought drugs should be legalised. No one is more qualified to give an expert opinion than an addict, and William merely asked the question. He certainly did not condone the use of any drug. I am the mother of a man who has had a 35-year heroin habit, so I know the addict’s suffering and the destructive effect on their family. An addict is always seeking that ‘high’ which, because tolerance to the drug has built up, will only be achieved by taking more and more of it. Though my son eventually wanted to stop using, there was little help in the Seventies for those who wanted to quit. In the Eighties I heard that a cigarette using heroin was being developed so that users could obtain the drug without meeting violent dealers. I came to realise the sense in this. Often, illegal heroin is mixed with other harmful substances which can do as much, if not more, harm than the drug itself. If someone wants to try a drug, it being illegal will not stop them. Wouldn’t it be safer to legalise drugs, as long as their use was monitored by, perhaps, the same clinics used for rehab? Drug-related crime would go down, and violence between rival drug dealers would diminish as they were put out of business.

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I’M SURPRISED William seems to treat taking mind-damaging drugs like whether or not to chew gum. When his own children are approaching their teens, will he still be as accommodating?