Legalise Drugs say the police?

sudonym x

Prohibition laws don't work to erradicate the banned substances, but they make a lot of money and power for organized crime. Legalizing would be better.

TyranusXX

This was the same conclusion drawn all the way back in the Nixon era and also once again in the Reagan era by commissions they themselves started to get an opinion on illegal drugs! Answer: Legalize and regulate was the conclusion but of course it was ignored

coragryph

Legalizing drugs is not the same as having the govt provide drugs for free -- it just means that you make it no longer a criminal action for someone to voluntarily choose to put a particular substance in their body.

The rationale is very simple -- if someone wants to take a particular substance, why should the govt get involved and decide that some substances are acceptable for adults to take and some are not?

The bottom line is that drug use and drug possession -- by themselves -- are victimless crimes. While drug users may commit other crimes, those other crimes can still be prosecuted directly -- regardless of whether drugs are legal or illegal.

Currently, attempting to prosecute drug-related crimes imposes a huge burden on police -- which prevents them from being able to respond as effectively to prevent violent crimes against people and property (where there is a victim) -- and drug related imprisonment fills prisons -- which reduces their ability to hold violent criminals.

So, there are many practical reasons that the police should stop wasting their time worrying about what someone chooses to put in their own body -- and instead to concentrate their efforts on stopping and punishing people who are actually a threat to someone else.

heidi the ghosthunter

must be their idea of population control....if you get my drift

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there will be alot less illegal drug dealers resulting in less crime. people could be beter treated for there addictions in the same way the NHS is trying to get people to quit smoking.

Lucy L

i agree with legalising drugs... think about it, people still continue taking drugs even if they're illegal and all that money on drugs is given to gangs and criminals. Plus... you don't know what those drug dealers will be selling you so at least if u get it from the NHS, u can actually know what's inside.
thirdly, teenagers who want to act 'cool' about taking drugs won't take it as much cos it's not illegal. They want to be rebels!!
so i say yes to legalising drugs! not that i take them or anything! i don't even smoke so ye...

Rja

They never learn. Prohibition of alcohol created a windfall of profit for the Mafia. We should have learned that if there is a market for it, someone will fill the need, legally or not. If drugs were legalized and controlled you get the criminals out of the business and you get to collect the Taxes on the product. AS we have learned from Alcohol.

Gary L

Just think, why stop there?

If he was to legalise robbery, mugging, happy slapping, murder, rape and a few others he really will have sorted the crime figures to such an extent that we will be crime free and everyone of us will be safe!

What a complete and utter ********!

Avondrow

No, legalise drugs say one senior police man, which is not the same thing!

I've not read his comments, but years ago when I was a woodentop at Hendon, similar ideas were mooted for discussion. The logic ran thusly; There is a large market for recreational drugs. With all our efforts, we are not controlling the drugs trade. The illegal nature of drugs fuels a multi-billion pound illicit industry. If drugs were available legitimately, users would be easier to control, and the source of revenue for criminal organisations would be cut overnight. Plus, the government would have a new tax revenue!

I'm not saying I agree, but there was a sense to it and it lead to interesting debates!

Hiyawaffa

Fags and booze are legal but kids can still get hold of them. so its just another problem with where the kids will acquire them from.

bil-GP-200

yer why not,they are cheap,everywhere.they are like a flood .i am not in favour of them.it is just because it is waste of police time .because they get rid of one and ten turn up in there place

Rick J

He is right 90% of crime is drug related.

I don't see alcohol outlawed which is responisble for loads os crime

vegan_geek

decriminalize vice.
less violent crime
fewer prisons
fewer kids in foster care
make the police more available for actual emergency situations
more money for viable treatment options... heck more money for everything and anything positive.
it would improve all of our standards of living in the long run

itsasecret

I think this is a good idea to a certain extent. The public are always up in arms about the amount of crime which is caused by drugs and the need to feed 'the habit'. Wouldn't it be better if some of these drugs were legal like they are in Amsterdam where the use and distribution can be monitored by the government and police?
I myself don't use drugs but I know what it is like to have a problem so why not help these people by trying not to lock them up at the first opportunity? I know this answer will not be met with approval and I have strong views on the subject which could be better explained another time, but for the moment this is my view. Sorry if you feel offended, xx.

Ryan G

Many, very intelligent people have advocated an end to the war on drugs. There have been conservatives like William F. Buckley Jr., many liberals and many libertarians as well. The Cato Institute has done a great deal of research on this topic and I have linked their site here. I would suggest you look at the issue objectively. Also, you may want to ask yourself why the prohibition against alcohol was lifted. There are many, many parallels.

John M

the illicit drug trade is one of the biggest earners for the Zionist NWO.

NutstersChick

holland has told us do not de-criminalise drugs.
they've regretted that decision for many, many years.
stockholm parks are rife with used needles, broken glass & associated drug-users cast-offs.
it is the last place the public would like to take their children.
& they admit their country is drowning under a deluge of criminals, with no regard for themselves or those around them, it's all about the money.

this one stupid policeman, obviously forgot to take his common-sense pill or needs the negative publicity!
i hope he bows out long before the madman in control of the asylum, hear him & believe it's the answer to all the drug problems in the UK!

shitebird

well why not .. nothing else has worked. im so sick of the ineptitude of the law to control it, while wasting our money. id try nealy anything to get it under control now..

i dont like the plan either but what else is there . im here waiting for some one to say

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