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Will Cannabis Be Legalised In The U K Within 10 Years?
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....so claim a cross party group of MPs though they do include Lammy.
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....so claim a cross party group of MPs though they do include Lammy.
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I have always advocated the legalisation of both drugs and prostitution.
For far too long, society has taken its prurient attitudes to these two aspects of life, with increasingly expensive and pointless attempts to police them.
As a society, contrary to the perceived wisdom of successive governments, we do not have a choice about whether or not we have drugs and prostitution. What we do have is a choice about how we regulate and control them.
Controlled drug use exists in our society, and has done for hundreds of years - but it's just the 'acceptable' drugs, tobacco and alcohol, which are now woven into our culture.
Yes drugs bring issues, but most aspects of society bring issues.
The way forward is not to act as though those issues mean that we should attempt to pretend that we can stop them existing because we adopt a Heavens-to-Betsie's Victorian morality attitude.
It's time to grow up, accept that drugs are here to stay, the money wasted every year on the utterly futile 'war on drugs' can be better spent in proper regulation, control, and education, which is the way more civilised countries seem to be approaching their acceptance that drugs are not going to go away just because we decide they are 'bad' for us.
For far too long, society has taken its prurient attitudes to these two aspects of life, with increasingly expensive and pointless attempts to police them.
As a society, contrary to the perceived wisdom of successive governments, we do not have a choice about whether or not we have drugs and prostitution. What we do have is a choice about how we regulate and control them.
Controlled drug use exists in our society, and has done for hundreds of years - but it's just the 'acceptable' drugs, tobacco and alcohol, which are now woven into our culture.
Yes drugs bring issues, but most aspects of society bring issues.
The way forward is not to act as though those issues mean that we should attempt to pretend that we can stop them existing because we adopt a Heavens-to-Betsie's Victorian morality attitude.
It's time to grow up, accept that drugs are here to stay, the money wasted every year on the utterly futile 'war on drugs' can be better spent in proper regulation, control, and education, which is the way more civilised countries seem to be approaching their acceptance that drugs are not going to go away just because we decide they are 'bad' for us.
All well and good Andy. Drugs can be tested so you know they aren't cut with things like rat poison. But...drugs suppliers/dealers will just sell them cheaper on the street.
People who use them just for recreational use, say on a Saturday night out, they'd probably be fine, can't say the same for a jobless addict though.
People who use them just for recreational use, say on a Saturday night out, they'd probably be fine, can't say the same for a jobless addict though.
ummmm - // All well and good Andy. Drugs can be tested so you know they aren't cut with things like rat poison. But...drugs suppliers/dealers will just sell them cheaper on the street. //
Much like the millions of pounds of smuggled tobacco that evades Customs duty and is sold by people smuggling it in from their holidays abroad? As I said, no system is beyond abuse, I am simply offering a better use of millions of pounds than throwing it away year after year on the 'War On Drugs' which continues comprehensively to fail on a daily basis.
//People who use them just for recreational use, say on a Saturday night out, they'd probably be fine, can't say the same for a jobless addict though. //
Or the jobless alcoholic - but that small number does not prevent the majority of society using alcohol in a regulated and sensible fashion.
The issues cause my alcohol misuse dwarf the misuse of illegal drugs by millions to one - if as a society we are willing to accept one, then it's time to be adult, and accept the other as well.
Much like the millions of pounds of smuggled tobacco that evades Customs duty and is sold by people smuggling it in from their holidays abroad? As I said, no system is beyond abuse, I am simply offering a better use of millions of pounds than throwing it away year after year on the 'War On Drugs' which continues comprehensively to fail on a daily basis.
//People who use them just for recreational use, say on a Saturday night out, they'd probably be fine, can't say the same for a jobless addict though. //
Or the jobless alcoholic - but that small number does not prevent the majority of society using alcohol in a regulated and sensible fashion.
The issues cause my alcohol misuse dwarf the misuse of illegal drugs by millions to one - if as a society we are willing to accept one, then it's time to be adult, and accept the other as well.
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