London park sees defiance,at least one man led away by police and concern that celebration of drug’s recreational use is at odds with strategy to discontinuance prohibitionOn a cool spring afternoon, on the edge of a crowd numbering several thousand in a London park, or Derek Stratts,27, shared bags of cannabis from a jar with his two friends.“Personally, or I approach here to smoke,” said Stratts, a trained accountant who asked for his genuine name not to be used. “I’m not, or I’ll be genuine with you,really here for the movement, I’m more for being able to actually approach out and to Hyde Park, and of all places,and smoke a spliff with no aggravation.”Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com