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08-17-2010, 07:29 AM
Professor Sir Ian Gilmore said making drugs such as heroin and cocaine legal would “drastically” cut crime and addicts’ health problems.
State-regulated use of drugs would also save money and avert the need to try to stop drug production in countries such as Afghanistan, he said.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/7949342/Cocaine-should-be-legal-says-top-doctor.html
Have to admit I agree with everything he says. A big problem with cocaine is that the dealers cut it with all kinds of things, if it were properly sold, labeled and available legally then it would be a lot safer.
People are going to do drugs anyway and the problem is with coke being illegal is that there is a huge cottage industry of 'legal' highs, essentially new chemicals manufactured to get round drug laws which are then sold on the internet. most of these are WORSE and a lot stronger than coke, so we're pushing people on to harder drugs which we know nothing about.
State-regulated use of drugs would also save money and avert the need to try to stop drug production in countries such as Afghanistan, he said.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/7949342/Cocaine-should-be-legal-says-top-doctor.html
Have to admit I agree with everything he says. A big problem with cocaine is that the dealers cut it with all kinds of things, if it were properly sold, labeled and available legally then it would be a lot safer.
People are going to do drugs anyway and the problem is with coke being illegal is that there is a huge cottage industry of 'legal' highs, essentially new chemicals manufactured to get round drug laws which are then sold on the internet. most of these are WORSE and a lot stronger than coke, so we're pushing people on to harder drugs which we know nothing about.