I'm all for complete decriminilisation of all recreational drugs.

(PsychoChomp, Wed 26 Aug 2009, 10:12, 3 replies, latest was 16 years ago)

I find it impossible to tell if you are serious
on any matter
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 26 Aug 2009, 10:13, Reply)

I am serious on that issue.
Drug use on it's own shouldn't be a crime,
crime caused by drug use should still be tackled.
(PsychoChomp, Wed 26 Aug 2009, 10:20, Reply)

Series 4 of The Wire
That's how it should be!
( whenanimalsattackhumans clad in global hypercolour, Wed 26 Aug 2009, 10:19, Reply)

I'm with you on this.
Criminalisation turns what is essentially a health problem into a social problem. It forces up the street price, which causes more crime, and it forces down the growers' price, which perpetuates poverty. (Think Afghanistan or Colombia would be in quite such a mess if the biggest cash crops there were legal?) It forces down the quality, which means that users (especially of the powdery drugs) never quite know what they're getting.

I don't have any time at all for recreational drugs; it'd be a good thing if they were used a lot less. But they're generally not nearly as harmful as they're made out to be, and can be safer yet. And for those who have a real drug problem, you'd help them better by not making them de facto criminals.
( Enzyme is powered by sunlight, Wed 26 Aug 2009, 11:33, Reply)