tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4471993488623327927.post992731720040566898..comments2024-03-13T06:57:54.343+00:00Comments on Obnoxio The Clown: Nice people take drugsObnoxio The Clownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12012089552153702526noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4471993488623327927.post-30276425357170259742009-06-05T17:55:44.653+01:002009-06-05T17:55:44.653+01:00@Obo
Agree with you 100% - it makes perfect sense ...@Obo<br />Agree with you 100% - it makes perfect sense to me.<br />Top post - and your later one.SteveSharkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08778300237472768226noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4471993488623327927.post-30546052708268221152009-06-05T13:45:25.219+01:002009-06-05T13:45:25.219+01:00Treat drug like coffee - let the producers export ...Treat drug like coffee - let the producers export it legally. Otherwise the the only people to make any money are the cartels.<br /><br />Nobody's going to stop using drugs just because it's illegal. You're never going to be able to control a black-market.<br /><br />Legalise the lot. Tax it to buggery if you must.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4471993488623327927.post-47626167728095845042009-06-05T12:14:38.725+01:002009-06-05T12:14:38.725+01:00The reality is that people will steal, rape and mu...The reality is that people will steal, rape and murder too - should we decriminalise those offences?<br /><br />If we did legalise drug use how would that help? Addicts would still need their fix and the nature of the addiction means they will steal to fund it. Taxing a product will not make it cheaper so the likelihood is that the costs will be higher not lower. We're not Portugal - they have different attitudes to legal drugs such as alcohol and cigarettes and, consequently, fewer problems than we do. There is no evidence to suggest that a change in our policy will improve things, although there is evidence to suggest that it will make things worse - the downgrading of cannabis and the subsequent explosion in mental health issues caused by cannabis demonstrates that.<br /><br />Just as we're not Portugal, we're not Singapore either, but their approach to illegal drugs suggests there is more to be gained if the focus was on demand rather than supply but that would mean prosecuting and jailing vast swathes of the entertainment and media industries.<br /><br />Finally, before anyone says that their drug use "doesn't harm anyone" - you're wrong. People, including children, die every day to bring you your illegal drug of choice. Would that improve if you legalised it? Maybe, but seeing how people, including kids, die every day to bring us legal cheap goods from the third world I doubt it.Stanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15007863347348182876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4471993488623327927.post-27312755239093829222009-06-05T12:14:19.698+01:002009-06-05T12:14:19.698+01:00We should ban Gateway regulation leading to even l...We should ban Gateway regulation leading to even less liberty.AntiCitizenOnehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00017073518049848696noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4471993488623327927.post-72101689576731210162009-06-05T11:30:49.681+01:002009-06-05T11:30:49.681+01:00I'm sick and tired of drugs being a political ...I'm sick and tired of drugs being a political football. I don't care what the solution is, I just want those qualified to do so to figure what strategy best minimises the effect on society of recreational drug use and then implement the bastard. There should be no reference to silly old women of either gender, blue haired or otherwise. And anybody starting to say "Sends the wrong mes..." should be summarily executed by the political cliche police.RayDnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4471993488623327927.post-20933039157678314232009-06-05T11:25:02.469+01:002009-06-05T11:25:02.469+01:00Too many on the anti-drugs gravy train making a ni...Too many on the anti-drugs gravy train making a nice living, as well as all the fucking drugs dealers who like the status quo, and the police who use it as a rationale for ever bigger budgets and more toys.<br /><br /><a href="http://therantingkingpenguin.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">The Penguin</a>Hacked Offhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08016667577546745576noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4471993488623327927.post-9975816591820192202009-06-05T11:09:49.121+01:002009-06-05T11:09:49.121+01:00And while we're at it, release all prisoners h...And while we're at it, release all prisoners held for solely drug related offences.<br /><br />That's about 20% of the prison population released in one go (saving about 30K / prisoner / year) and will also mean that judges can begin handing down more realistic sentences for violent crimesBreakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15636397909312743136noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4471993488623327927.post-17766121863246299292009-06-05T11:07:40.726+01:002009-06-05T11:07:40.726+01:00This comment has been removed by the author.Breakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15636397909312743136noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4471993488623327927.post-91974997843872589162009-06-05T10:40:27.319+01:002009-06-05T10:40:27.319+01:00Out of interest have you seen the Penn & Telle...Out of interest have you seen the <i>Penn & Teller: Bullshit!</i> episode on drug legalisation? It's probably on YouTube somewhere. Convincing stuff, and again from someone who doesn't do any drugs at all, not even booze and ciggies. Should be required viewing for any tabloid editor, followed by a big glass of psychedelic cactus juice.Angry Exilehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02491082312193274360noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4471993488623327927.post-21086069411088463252009-06-05T10:38:02.805+01:002009-06-05T10:38:02.805+01:00I can remember having the same debate in 1968 and ...I can remember having the same debate in 1968 and nothing happened then, or since, to improve things.<br />History tells us that prohibition didn't/doesn't work but no politician in this country has the balls to admit it.Sambonoreply@blogger.com