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Finally, govt to make us all happy!

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    Finally, govt to make us all happy!

    Government should consider legalising drugs, MPs say - Telegraph

    Next step, make them compulsory for all citizens.


    #2
    Probably a good idea - then they can tax them.

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      #3
      Originally posted by BrilloPad View Post
      Probably a good idea - then they can tax them.
      I'm sure they thought the same thing about tobacco at one point.
      So you'd be happy if your bus driver/pilot/tube driver/motorist in the next lane was tripping? presumably there would have to be some kind of legislation preventing use in the work place / operating machinery - but how would you police it and what would be an allowable level of Heroin / LSD / Weed in your blood stream before you took the controls?
      How fortunate for governments that the people they administer don't think

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        #4
        Originally posted by BrilloPad View Post
        Probably a good idea - then they can tax them.
        Many people forget that when you change one thing, other things change to compensate and sometimes not for the better.

        If they legalise hard drugs and these end up priced below bootleg supplies then crims who are drug dealers now will find some other source of illicit income. So we can look forward to an epidemic of protection rackets, extortion, kidnapping, etc.

        Sometimes it's a case of "better the devil you know". After all, you don't have to take drugs, but if someone snatches your kid in the street and holds them to ransom then you're involved whether you like it or not.
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          #5
          Originally posted by Troll View Post
          I'm sure they thought the same thing about tobacco at one point.
          So you'd be happy if your bus driver/pilot/tube driver/motorist in the next lane was tripping?

          considering some of the driving round here I think most of them are already.

          I used to think avoiding users of Cannabis and going after the produces made a lot of sense but this has produced more no go areas. We are losing the battle IMHO.
          Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.

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