Rolling in money

of “gender and sexuality”. They need to learn, explore and develop before they can “decide” what they are, if this should occur. Hats off to anyone transitioning but kids this young shouldn’t have to be put in this position.

Kat Meehan I’m an open-minded mum and clinical psychologist and this is actually concerning. Who decided this was the right age to discuss these issues with children? In primary one they are four and five years old! It’s one thing to teach acceptance but another entirely to potentially cause confusion at a young cognitive age.

Claire Mac We can teach our children tolerance without resorting to this.

Liv Deb

Decide their gender at age five? They can’t even spell their own name at five.

George Robertson

In primary one I got into trouble for eating plasticine and sticking pencil rubbers up my nose. Ah progress!

Chris Thomson With Britons spending £2.6 billion a year on cannabis, Scotsman columnist Brian Monteith reckons it would be better to legalise it and rake in the tax.

This would free up police time as well as bring in the tax revenue.

Neil Mason The medical, psychological and physiological effects of long-term cannabis use has to be studied. After two, five or ten years how will long-term use affect people? Nothing is absolutely safe, but a case for taxing cannabis use is compelling.

Sammi Blake

We should focus on getting it right for patients first before we go chasing the money.

Chris J Luby

Wow, Monteith writes something sensible and coherent. There is a first time for everything.

Paul Hammy Hameed

Making it legal is happening this October in Canada. Watch and see how it all plays out.

Ellen Sillars

You don’t have to smoke it and it’s a lot healthier and effective than a lot of medications. Give people the option.

Liz Genter Brown

I beg to differ. If you have the misfortune to have a neighbour as I once did who likes to smoke weed where it filters through into your flat, you are forced to partake like it or not.

Roberta Buchan