pot smokers at festivals.

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i get the times online e-newspaper, it gives me thier top stories of the day, and a couple of lesser known one, well yesterday one of the articles was about how the police can now no longer ignore those that smoke canabis at glastonbury festival (this weekend). here is a little clippit from that article: "The rolling hills that play host to the Glastonbury festival have a reputation among cannabis aficionados of being the safest joint in the country to, well, roll up a joint. But this year potsmokers will not able to lounge under trees with their customary mellow insouciance, casually blowing fragrant smoke towards uninterested police officers. For the police are coming equipped with shoulder-mounted cameras that will transmit live footage back to a surveillance unit, forcing officers to take action or risk the wrath of their superiors. Each officer will be issued with a jacket containing a camera, recording device and transmitter, which will beam information to a control room. The officer in charge will also be able to track his officers’ positions using a global-position-ing system device sewn into the jacket." i am not too sure if i agree with this or not, canabis is illegal, it is a class C drug (minimal offence if you are caught smoking it, just a slap on the wrist really) and when i went to reading festival in 2001 i smoked a small amount of pot each night just to knock me out (it was so loud until 5 am and sleep was quite impossible otherwise). these people aren't exactly doing others harm, infact i am of the opinion that those that smoke pot are less harmful than those that drink alcohol (drinking alcohol can often make people very agressive, pot mellows people out). the police officers that are now having to enforce no pot smoking will not be too pleased i am sure, as usually these weekends are sort of a paid holiday, they are just there to make sure no one gets out of had, but now they have to be vigilant for those that only need a warning too. what do all you mylotians think? is this a good thing that the police are taking a more active roll against petty crimes like drug misuse, or do you think they should leave well alone?