PETER HITCHENS: Natasha Kaplinsky says it's 'important' to let children watch Bob Marley smoke...

So now we learn that a film showing the singer Bob Marley amid swirling clouds of cannabis smoke is fine for 12-year-olds, while poor old Mary Poppins - once a ‘U’ feature that anyone could watch - has now been upped to ‘Parental Guidance’, thanks to a racial reference that hardly anyone under the age 90 will even get.

I remember how angry this made me. This was a prison, for the punishment of crime, and possession of cannabis is a serious crime. And much of the mental illness we now see in this country affects long-term users of this drug. Mary Poppins - once a ‘U’ feature that anyone could watch - has now been upped to ‘Parental Guidance’, thanks to a racial reference that hardly anyone under the age 90 will even get

Ms Kaplinsky explained: ‘The public have told us that there is an easing, there is a greater tolerance of dope, and the message of One Love is essentially about peace. Marijuana is completely essential to the Rastafarian religion so it felt important to give that a “12A” rather than a “15”.’ 12A/12 - Cinema content classified 12A and video content classified 12 contains material that is not generally suitable for children aged under 12. But children younger than 12 may be permitted to attend a 12A cinema screening if they are accompanied by an adultR18 – Only to be shown in specially licensed cinemas, or supplied licensed sex shops, and to adults only

As for how drug-soaked the film is, even the liberal Guardian newspaper, notes ‘the billowing clouds of ganja smoke that constantly fill the frame’.

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