A Proposal For The Mandatory Prescription Of Cannabis To High Ranking Politicians, Police, CEO's and Other Troublemakers
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You may be wondering what Tony Blair has been smoking recently, but the unfortunate answer is 'nothing at all'. And therein lies the problem.

It was initially believed, amongst certain circles, that the primary motive for invading Afghanistan was so that George Bush and Tony Blair could take control of the country's opium fields for their own personal use. Indeed many had hoped that the president and his grinning poodle would themselves be too 'bombed' to cause anymore trouble to the wider world. Unfortunately, not content to simply stay at home and smoke crack, the terrible two went on holiday to smoke Iraqi civilians instead.

As the world watches on, it is becoming horrifyingly apparent that both men are still stone cold sober and are intent on continuing their sick game of soldiers at yet another away fixture in an as yet undisclosed middle eastern country. The date hasn't been set yet, but you can bet that the right-wing players in washington are already hard at work planning out their formations, tactics and which officials they must bribe to ensure an unfair game. Even as Iraq's turf is being carved up and given to American corparations for 'reconstruction', and what remains of the halftime pies handed out to willing international supporters, the drums of war are already warming up again for the next kick-off.

Sadly, it seems that the Chief Village Idiot of Texas and his good buddy, the grinning fool of whitehall, are so obsessed with smoking out Al Queda and weapons of mass destruction that they're far too busy to have a decent smoke-out themselves.

Even surrounded by their exclusive group of friends at the G8 summit in Evian, they still could'nt chill out enough to kick back and take a hit from a mineral water bong. Instead they remained painfully focused on their overall goal of spoiling the rest of the worlds fun.

Even when thousands of demonstrators gathered around Evian (or as close as they could get to the decision makers without entering the aptly named 'exclusion zone' around the summit town), demanding that their leaders chill out and smoke a fat blunt or two, they were met by brutal beatings and teargas administered by the equally bad tempered hired goons of the French, German and Swiss governments. Power is obviously not a good thing as even those in possesion of it are permanently pissed off and prone to violent mood swings.

Corporate leaders are similarly too obsessed with how high their profits are to have the time to get high themselves. It's high time they realised that pot is a much more enjoyable and less addictive drug than greed. Break out the hashish and cheesy wotsits in board meetings, instead of the covert warfare and environmental destruction in south american countries.

So, here is my proposal: the immediate and compulsory admission of all those in positions of authority into rehabilitation clinics, to ween them off their dangerous addictions to power and greed, using a combination of high-grade marijuana and tasty munchies. Who knows, with any luck, once they've completed their rehab program they'll all form successful ska bands.

Lobby your local MP with a bag of weed and a kebab, before its too late.