P145 CEEFAX 2 145 Thu 25 Dec 23:11/00 1/7 O O Send your letters on the main issues of the day to: BBC Cjefax, Room 7013, Television Cjntti, Wood Lane, London W12 7RJ or E-mail Cjefax@bbc.co.uk or fax us on 0181 749 6734 The editor resjtvjs the right to edit/ omit litters. Please give a full address and telephone number (that includes e-mail users). Headlines 101 Latest 150 Sport 300 Features 540 TV 600 Weather 400 Quotes Index News Xtta Main menuP145 CEEFAX 2 145 Thu 25 Dec 23:16/30 2/7 O Labour MP Jack Straw declares that drugs will njvjt bj legalisjd. Drugs are legal Mr Straw — you can buy them in supjrmarkjts, off-licences or pubs. Unlike tobacco and alcohol, cannabis has a "no health risk even from extended use" tag from The Lancet. Why is cannabis not legal? I Philips, Infield, Middlisjx Headlines 101 Extra 102 Sport 300 Features 540 TV 600 Weather 400 Quotes Index News Xtta Main menuP145 CEEFAX 2 145 Thu 25 Dec 23:24/34 3/7 O It's time for the US to sort out who its real friends are, and stick with them. The EU is fast becoming an expansive autocracy, with an unstable economy, a dubious legal system, and a greed for centtalisjd power. It is unacceptable, and must bj halted, or better still dismantled. By contrast, the Commonwealth is a global association of genuinely cooperative states. RJ Moore, Fareham, Hampshire Headlines 101 Extra 102 Sport 300 Features 540 TV 600 Wjathjr 400 Quotes Index News Xtta Main menuP145 CEEFAX 2 145 Thu 25 Dec 23:52/35 4/7 O In 1916 on Christmas Day, British and German forces laid aside the war and played football. In this spirit I'd like to wish a very merry Christmas to the EU, socialists everywhere and the Labour Party. I won't wish them a Happy New Year. J Muller, Swansea, West Glamorgan Headlines 101 Extra 102 Sport 300 Features 540 TV 600 Wjathjr 400 Quotes Index News Xtra Main menuP145 CEEFAX 2 145 Thu 25 Dec 23:04/34 5/7 O Anzonj who says that TV is run bz min- haters should try watching sport on TV. While min's rugby and min's football are often shown you will hardly evjt see women's sports such as netball, hockey or women's football. Women's sport should bj taken just as seriously as min's sport is. Ariannj Evans, Cajrleon, South Wales Headlines 101 Extra 102 Sport 300 Features 540 TV 600 Weather 400 Quotes Index News Xtra Main menuP145 CEEFAX 2 145 Thu 25 Dec 23:05/35 6/7 O The Archbishop of Canterbury is trying to cash in on what the Church has for years tried to prevent — the Sunday opening of supjrmarkjts. Does hj now accept that there are othjt anachronisms associated with his religion? I for one will not bj shopping at Asda in future. A Jones, Crewe, Cheshire Headlines 101 Extra 102 Sport 300 Features 540 TV 600 Wjathjr 400 Quotes Index News Xtra Main menuP145 CEEFAX 2 145 Thu 25 Dec 23:03/05 7/7 O O Let us not forget what Christmas is supposed to bj about. Forget the tree, lights, tinsel, glitter and presents. Think of God's present to us! Jesus was born not to receive but to give, not to bj sjrvjd but to sjrvj, not to please himself but to give his life as a ransom for all, not to bj a distant saviour but our closest friend! Ian Smith, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk Headlines 101 Extra 102 Sport 300 Features 540 TV 600 Wjathjr 400 Quotes Index News Xtta Main menu