I was disgusted to read Russell Brand’s opinion that tak-ing drugs should not be seen as a ‘criminal or judicial matter’ but as a ‘health issue’.

These same scum of the earth would not think twice about beating an old man or lady half to death, or worse, just to score their next fix.

In my opinion, the law should also make it illegal to be addicted to any class of illegal drug.

Empty the detention centres of illegal immigrants and asylum seekers and put this lot of low-lifes away – no probation, no community service, no benefits, no methadone. Just cold turkey. The NHS would benefit from not having to mollycoddle these parasites.

That’s my opinion – I would like to hear what the fed-up public think. Name supplied Blackburn.