Here's a thought
The only reason we have drugs in the UK is because a desire to take them exists. Perhaps we could come up with a way to neutralise that desire?
( WormuIus, Tue 17 Aug 2010, 10:47, 6 replies, latest was 16 years ago)

just no!

( SteveFrench Cardio is for homo's. do you even lift bro?, Tue 17 Aug 2010, 10:47, Reply)

I don't take illegal drugs
and I'm generally quite scornful of people that do, in fact I'm quite scornful of people that do anything that harms their body to any meaningful degree.

I don't know if this is because I'm much cleverer than everybody else or just less ignorant, but it would be good if everyone could be like me.
( WormuIus, Tue 17 Aug 2010, 10:51, Reply)

you sound like a right boring bastard.

( SteveFrench Cardio is for homo's. do you even lift bro?, Tue 17 Aug 2010, 10:54, Reply)

And how do you propose to do so?
I've convinced only 1 person in all my life to stop taking drugs. That's not a very good statistic. Maybe I'm using the wrong method, can you help?
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Tue 17 Aug 2010, 10:55, Reply)

It will be very difficult
Not everybody has the genetic capacity to be as staggeringly brilliant as me.
( WormuIus, Tue 17 Aug 2010, 10:58, Reply)

Yes, obviously
I don't think you'd do very well as a counsellor:

Poor guy: How could I improve my (insert anything you want to improve here)?
Wormulus: Are you anything like me?
PG: I don't think so...
W: Then you're fucked.

I don't think it'll work very well.
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Tue 17 Aug 2010, 11:00, Reply)

That's the kindest way really.

( WormuIus, Tue 17 Aug 2010, 11:26, Reply)

But you drink alcohol
and thus you are talking shit.

Drink harms one's body to a considerably more meaningful degree than most illegal drugs, you Deacon.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 17 Aug 2010, 11:15, Reply)

I don't drink very much because I'm aware of the harmful effects it has on the human body.
This is in essence the reason that I am scornful of people that damage their bodies through poor decision making based in ignorance.

Does this assist?
( WormuIus, Tue 17 Aug 2010, 11:27, Reply)

What do you eat?

(Himjim died a little more inside on, Tue 17 Aug 2010, 11:36, Reply)

A little.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 17 Aug 2010, 11:36, Reply)

There's not a pill big or strong enough
to remove Monty's desire for drugs!
( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Tue 17 Aug 2010, 10:48, Reply)

Deport smack addicts to France?
Fuck you, France.
( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Tue 17 Aug 2010, 10:48, Reply)

With a drug that makes you happy?
But you have to take it all the time, otherwise you don't feel happy anymore? To the point you might get addict to it? And we can buy it over the counter?

That's pretty much legalizing drugs.
(Aberracion Life's getting very complicated, but a lot of fun., Tue 17 Aug 2010, 10:49, Reply)

You're suggesting that we kill all the druggies?
I'm shocked and appalled.
(wellgroomedwookiee is a filthy-minded hobgoblin, Tue 17 Aug 2010, 10:49, Reply)

Since substance abuse has been recorded, it's stayed fairly stationary at 3% of the population.
Nothing has changed this no matter how much money is spent.
(PsychoChomp, Tue 17 Aug 2010, 10:51, Reply)

I would imagine that most people over 40 wouldn't consider taking drugs
and most people under 12 would find getting access to them quite difficult.

If you look at the number of people between the ages of 13-35 and the volume of imported illegal drugs you can only conclude that amongst that group there is a high demand.

High-end enforcement is working, but at present this is simply translating into lower purity rates of drugs, which again is consistent with a high demand.

Sorry, don't find your argument compelling.
( WormuIus, Tue 17 Aug 2010, 10:56, Reply)

"I imagine" not a good way to counter a point.
High end enforcment isn't "working" in any actual way, it's just slightly limiting supply, it's not a victory by any measure. It's just that everyone knows that they can't stop all drugs coming in so they lower their expectations.
(PsychoChomp, Tue 17 Aug 2010, 11:09, Reply)

If the number of drug takers remained constant
the amount of drugs imported would remain roughly constant.
( WormuIus, Tue 17 Aug 2010, 11:28, Reply)