Pubdate: Tue, 01 Jan 2008 Source: Times, The (UK) Copyright: 2008 Times Newspapers Ltd Contact: http://www.the-times.co.uk/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/454 Author: Sadie Gray POLICE CHIEF DEFENDS 'SAFE' ECSTASY Ecstasy is safer than aspirin, Richard Brunstrom, the Chief Constable of North Wales Police, has said. Speaking on the Today programme on BBC Radio 4 yesterday, Mr Brunstrom repeated his call for the legalisation of drugs. "There's a lot of scaremongering and rumour-mongering about Ecstasy in particular," he said. "It isn't borne out by the evidence. Ecstasy is a remarkably safe substance, far safer than aspirin. It is far less dangerous than tobacco or alcohol." He added: "The prohibition regime does not work. It transfers billions of pounds of our money into the hands of organised criminals." The Government rejected a formal submission to the Home Office last year by Mr Brunstrom in which he called for proscribed drugs to be legalised. - --- MAP posted-by: Keith Brilhart