"Legalise all drugs"

jumpy · 10-11-07, 08:22 AM

I have to agree...

...that the current system of prohibition has failed on all fronts to prevent, curtail or otherwise hinder the use, trafficking and sale of drugs.
Rather than burying our heads in the sand going 'lalalalalalalala drugs are illegal and bad mmmkay?' and refusing to try anything new to solve the problem, we ought to consider ideas that, whilst might not show up very well for a politicians reputation as a squeaky clean self promoting weathervane, may provide an avenue of progress to reduce the consumption of these substances.

At the very least the seriously addictive drugs like heroin would fall under the supervision of medical staff and remove the criminal element both selling and committing crime to fund a life of endless addiction.

Anything has got to be better than the current mess we are in which is so far away from helping the issue.

10-11-07, 08:22 AM	#2
jumpy Admiral Join Date: May 2003 Location: Midlands, UK Posts: 2,139 Downloads: 22 Uploads: 0	I have to agree... ...that the current system of prohibition has failed on all fronts to prevent, curtail or otherwise hinder the use, trafficking and sale of drugs. Rather than burying our heads in the sand going 'lalalalalalalala drugs are illegal and bad mmmkay?' and refusing to try anything new to solve the problem, we ought to consider ideas that, whilst might not show up very well for a politicians reputation as a squeaky clean self promoting weathervane, may provide an avenue of progress to reduce the consumption of these substances. At the very least the seriously addictive drugs like heroin would fall under the supervision of medical staff and remove the criminal element both selling and committing crime to fund a life of endless addiction. Anything has got to be better than the current mess we are in which is so far away from helping the issue. __________________ when you’ve been so long in the desert, any water, no matter how brackish, looks like life