Irish musician Niall Breslin has come under fire for his comments on the legalisation of cannabis in Ireland during a Hot Press interview. The singer had made comments in the interview with Stuart Clarke that he didn’t really see a problem with anyone who would smoke cannabis and that “stress will kill you, cannabis won’t.”
In the Irish Daily Mirror, Grainne Kenny, President of the Europe Against Drugs organisation, slammed the singer’s comments stating: “It’s very misguided of Bressie and it’s highly irresponsible. I would have huge respect for him as a musician, but people like that really want to keep their breaths to cool their porridge.”
Now, the singer has taken to his own blog to discuss the matter, give his opinion and “set the record straight.” The singer commented: “To clarify my point on our addiction to legal drugs, it is well known that if you binge drink alcohol you run the risk of liver failure, alcoholism is rife in this country, a problem that needs to be addressed and dealt with more openly. If you abuse food, you may become obese, run the risk of heart disease and different forms of diabetes . If you smoke 40 fags a day, you run the risk of lung cancer and if you decide to smoke copious amounts of cannabis, you run the risk of potential mental health problems and lung cancer.”
The star continued: “It’s my opinion that cannabis is no more harmful than alcohol when taken in absolute moderation and there are many studies taken from around the world which prove the same. In fact I believe alcohol has a far more destructive ability than cannabis ever has, especially in this country. The question is often asked as to whether cannabis is a gateway drug? I believe that it depends on the user. If you have a pint of beer, does this mean that one day you will become an alcoholic? Not necessarily so.”
Bressie went on to insist he doesn’t actually smoke cannabis himself and that he detected the use of Class A drugs. Unfortunately, for the Voice judge, it seems like this particular debate is not going away.
For Bressie’s entire blog post, here is the link…
