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Sting 'wants marijuana to be legalized'



Sting has called for the legalisation of marijuana.

The singer maintained that the US needs to divert the money it spends jailing users of the drug and use it to tackle urgent issues such as poverty and global warming.

The 58-year-old wrote on his blog: "The War on Drugs [campaign] has failed - but it's worse than that. It is actively harming our society. Violent crime is thriving in the shadows to which the drug trade has been consigned.


He continued: "For years, the Drug War has been used as a pretext to lock people in prison for exorbitant lengths of time - people whose 'crimes' never hurt another human being, people who already lived at the margins of society, whose voices were the faintest and whose power was the least. Meanwhile, resources to fight genuine crime - violent crime - have been significantly diminished."

However, the former Police frontman's comments have been slammed by anti-drugs activists.

A spokesperson for DARE said: "He should stick to singing and not meddle in matters he doesn't understand. We do not need popstars coming out and making irresponsible statements like that."
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