Another top government bod calls for lift on drugs ban.

[Lord Percy]

Durham police chief calls for an end to the war on drugs.

He makes a valid point actually - 1920s America had the alcohol ban and it gave rise to gangs and general illicit trade. Well nowadays we have exactly the same situation with modern gangs and drug dealers etc. Legalising drugs will take the money, power and general wrongdoings away from them.

It would also mean the drugs came from reputable sources, rather than being cut with loads of other crap.

Not really a fan of drugs any more, but I do think legalising them is at least worth a shot.

[Ste]

He's completely right but soon he'll be following the path of Professor David Nutt.

[N cee thirty]

since when would any government in this day and age, except after hindsight would admit they were wrong and reform ?
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[Quornholio]

I don't take drugs, and it's not something I plan on doing again, but I see benefits of being able to regulate them = taxation = less fucked up people because of bad drugs?

[Ste]

Legalising and taxing cannabis could be worth as much as £1.25bn a year to the government so there could be huge amounts of tax revenue from legalising or decriminalising all recreational drugs.

Yes, regulating the supply would see an end to adulterated drugs so less dead people from bad drugs.

[Hetzer]

Humans have always, and will always, find ways to treat the law with the contempt it deserves. If there's one thing all governments have been extremely successful at it's in bringing the law into disrepute.
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[TheSmiler]

Posted this documentary before doubt anyone actually bothered watching it. It's actually really interesting and eye opening to the corrupt american government.

https://www.primewire.ag/watch-2021699-How-to-Make-Money-Selling-Drugs

It won't get unbanned the government makes too much money from it, especially in america where they are so corrupt. To ban drugs just makes it cool, if they banned tobacco tomorrow there would be more people smoking than ever especially for the youngest of the society.

Just like Portugal if they unbanned drugs they would virtually kill the black market. At least they could regulate it more.
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[fatpies]

The problem with the legalise them and tax them route is that we already have legal heavily taxed drugs and activities.

Like alcohol and tobacco, the taxes are so high that people have incentives to smuggle them or make their own moonshine. Or cheat the system like people use with red diesel.

In many pubs round here a bloke with a carrier bag will sell a carton of cigs for a lot less than the shops. The pubs themselves cheat their tie in with breweries.

There is a Ukrainian bloke who appears now and again selling home brew moonshine. The news had something about a couple of people going blind.
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[Im-a-Ridah]

There is an argument for legalising them, but it would need to be done with an extensive campaign to make people aware of the dangers of what they want to take.

I'd suggest making them only available from a chemist in disturbing packets that highlight the risks posed by that drug, in as graphic a manner as possible. The drugs would only be legal if carried and stored in said disturbing packet. TV campaigns and posters could be added to this. This should reduce the "cool" factor and will deter at least some curious users from trying them. Double the sentences for dealing too.

[D O G]

[angryjonny]

[Im-a-Ridah]

[Ste]

I'd be willing to bet that chemists don't want to become recreational drug off licenses.

Police person... "What I am saying is that drugs should be controlled. They should not, of course, be freely available."

Recreational drugs from licensed and regulated head shops.

[Im-a-Ridah]

[D O G]

[D O G]

[GhostRider]

[Ste]

[Im-a-Ridah]

[GhostRider]

But then shouldn't we be filling in some paperwork everytime we say "pint of carlsberg please barkeep"?

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[fatpies]

[Im-a-Ridah]

[Hyaon]

[keggyhander]

Driving while whizzed-up is ace.

Allegedly.

[GhostRider]

Part of me thinks it will happen, wheels are turning in the US towards cannabis, shit just has to happen verrrry slowly to avoid anal-prolapse rage.

On the other hand, they are referring to class A's, and there's obviously big money in it....for the government. Private prisons are cash cows, which is a pretty fucking sick thing when you think about it, when a company is profiting off of the incarceration of others.... then it pays to keep them locked up, keep 'em coming, we'll build more cells no problem.

The thing is its pretty established that the US is in bed with Columbia and mexico and all the cartels, them fancy new drones aint gonna pay for themselves after all, so its not really in their interest to legalise the class As, the military offers better pay than the friday night Coke dabbler down the dog and duck.

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