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drug control that seeks to put a human face on the costs of the discredited war on drugs, and with first-hand experience, show the public and politicians that the current criminal over social/health approach is endangering children and that legal regulation would keep them safer.

I hope our newly elected MPS next month will show courage over cowardice and dust down the drugs policy from the “too difficult box”.

DOUGLAS MCBEAN West Pilton Way, Edinburgh I was entertained to come across John Birkett’s amusing Scotland Street query as to whether Stuart was man enough to tell Irene of his abrupt resignation after her application, on his behalf, for promotion (Letters, 22 May). I marvel at how Scotland Street so closely mirrors the current political world, dominated by strong and (mostly) stable women – even down to the insufferable seven-yearold Olive – surrounded in the