Jagger calls for legalising drugs

London: Rolling Stones frontman Mick Jagger wants government officials to legalise marijuana on a British island in a bid to prevent drug-related violence.The singer, who was convicted of possessing narcotics in the 1960s, insists youngsters will always experiment with substances, despite the risk of negative side effects.

He is now urging officials to legalise cannabis on the Isle of Man - a British Crown dependency in the Irish Sea - for a limited time to test the consequences of an end to drug prohibition, reported Contactmusic. "The whole question of legalising drugs is fraught... You usually try these things out in very small places... You know, like you try a new product out in a small kind of society or an island somewhere. "And in England they always try out new mobile phones (cell phones) in (the) Isle of Man. They`ve got a captive society. So I said, you should try the legalisation of all drugs on the Isle of Man and see what happens," said Jagger. PTI