Our Drugs War

People making drugs at home wont be legalised because it is uncontrolled - legalisation brings regulation and a tax potential for the government. Everyones a winner

it's never been about common sense. or harm reduction. it all stems, ultimately, if you look at the history of prohibition, from the American rightwing moral sense that drugs are wrong. All drugs. They tried and failed with alcohol, succeeded with nicotine and they will never give up on the others. Until other countries stop being in thrall to the US the 'war' on drugs will continue. 28,000 people were killed in Mexico last year in gang warfare. How many died from taking the drugs? it's totaly insane

In the news today:

Leading doctor urges decriminalisation of drugs

Former president of the Royal College of Physicians says blanket ban has failed to cut crime or improve health

http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2010/aug/16/drugs-decriminalisation-doctor-ian-gilmore

You really think that would be wonderful for us? im not sure legalising mdma would mean more people would want to do it. Some people just arn't intrested in doing drugs. Although if legalisation did have a massive effect on the number of people doing drugs i dont think 90% of the population smashing pills in all the time would be a good thing, i wouldnt be too pleased if i was on a bus on a monday morning and the driver had done ten pills the night before, or i was working in industry and someone operating heavy machinery which could potentially affect my safety had been on the ket the night before..

You live in a strange world...

There are plenty people on antidepressants who are numb to the world. The government don't seem to mind that

And why would a bus driver or someone operating heavy machinery suddenly be inclined to get off their face the night before doing so? People can still think for themselves and make judgements based on their own circumstances, which is why bus drivers and people operating heavy machinery generally don't neck a 70cl of vodka before jumping into bed every night.

I'd actually say that the bus driver who had taken a pill or two the night before would probably be in better shape come morning than one who went to bed steaming drunk. (comparitively, you either drink until you're drunk to have an 'awesome time' on the drink, or you take a couple of pills to have an awesome time.. there's always the extremes where people will take way too much of anything whenever they can, just because they can in which case they probably find themselves with little, if any responsibility for others in their day-to-day lives so we needn't worry about them too much )

how about the bus driver in a utter shit state from necking shite piperazines. Banning something does not stop people doing it. If it were legal there would be a massive honeymoon period but then people would use their own judgement. Some would abuse it most would not. On a harm reduction basis it would be better than criminalising half the population which is what we do now.