'We want to see drugs legally regulated' - Families march on parliament to demand decriminalisation.
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The current approach, which bans drugs and criminalises those involved with them causes more harm, they say. Leading to drug-gang violence, countless lives ruined by criminal records for possession, and entirely avoidable deaths from contaminated street drugs.
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The current approach, which bans drugs and criminalises those involved with them causes more harm, they say. Leading to drug-gang violence, countless lives ruined by criminal records for possession, and entirely avoidable deaths from contaminated street drugs.
Nonsense IMO. Taking away the living of drug gangs is not going to help unless you can somehow provide them with other equally highly paid jobs, they will just resort to other illegal activities. Also, some drugs are plainly unsafe, there are numerous health risks associated with commonly used drugs, even if they are not contaminated, and no amount of regulation will take away those risks. Legalisation will just cause more people to suffer the health consequences.
Personally I would go in the opposite direction, tackle the demand as well as the supply. Treat the users with the same penalties as we treat the minor suppliers.
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