International day against drugs ( today 26th June)

[red star portslade]

All of them should be legalised and regulated by the state.
In a truly free and democratic society, everyone should have the right to do what they want to their own bodies, as long as it harms no one else.
We have already legalised the two most addictive and lethal drugs on the planet anyway - prohibition has never worked, and the 'war on drugs' is as futile as a war on rain, given that every major drug is more readily available and cheaper than it was 30 years ago.


Legalisation and supply by the state would guarantee the strength and purity of drugs, which would eliminate the huge number of deaths caused by toxic bulking agents used by dealers.
All present drug laws do are demonise the addict, rather than clamping down on the drug cartels who supply on a massive scale with little fear from the authorities who are invariably undermanned and under equipped to make any impression on the amount of drugs imported.


I appreciate that this may not be a popular viewpoint, but the present system is an utter shambles that isn't working - other more enlightened countries are already starting to decriminalise small amounts of drugs for personal use, and this more pragmatic approach is something we should be considering rather than our current head-in-the-sand approach.

 

[Stat Brother]

Unsurprisingly the tobacco giants are ready to release an ungodly amount of dope onto America.

Colorado got round this with the constraints in it's manufacturing licenses.
But that won't last long.
Bizarrely enough what was an illegal and corrupt trade, will seem like a school bake sale, when compared to what's going to happen once big business enters the market place.

 

[wakeytom]

All of them should be legalised and regulated by the state.
In a truly free and democratic society, everyone should have the right to do what they want to their own bodies, as long as it harms no one else.
We have already legalised the two most addictive and lethal drugs on the planet anyway - prohibition has never worked, and the 'war on drugs' is as futile as a war on rain, given that every major drug is more readily available and cheaper than it was 30 years ago.


Legalisation and supply by the state would guarantee the strength and purity of drugs, which would eliminate the huge number of deaths caused by toxic bulking agents used by dealers.
All present drug laws do are demonise the addict, rather than clamping down on the drug cartels who supply on a massive scale with little fear from the authorities who are invariably undermanned and under equipped to make any impression on the amount of drugs imported.


I appreciate that this may not be a popular viewpoint, but the present system is an utter shambles that isn't working - other more enlightened countries are already starting to decriminalise small amounts of drugs for personal use, and this more pragmatic approach is something we should be considering rather than our current head-in-the-sand approach.

Fully agree, what an articulate post. Why demonise certain drugs when the majority have regular use of 2 of the worse. Why not legalize drugs that if someone wants they can get, increase the purity and use the taxes on education and towards the healthcare of users, especially addicts, there will still be a huge surplus which can be used on other areas