The Press Continues to Obfuscate

In today's Guardian, a UK national newspaper with left leanings, there's an article about Elliot White, co-defendant in the murder of John Monckton. The piece includes the following lines:

"His early promise squandered, he soon started smoking marijuana and was financing his habit by selling cocaine and heroin.

This addiction led him to criminal activity..."

What addiction? Marijuana is not considered an addictive drug, and he was selling, not using, cocaine and heroin.

In its 2002 report on 'The classification of cannabis under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971', the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs states: "In general cannabis users smoke fewer cigarettes per day than tobacco smokers and most give up in their 30s,..."