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paul.knibbs (4/25/2012)The suspicion is that the reclassification was primarily due to Brown's personal views rather than any sort of thought-through response!
Yeah, it's a bit disturbing that such fundamental issues can...
April 25, 2012 at 8:35 am
Freddie-304292 (4/25/2012)Yeah, I blame those damn hippies and their wild rock and roll music myself 😉
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paul.knibbs (4/25/2012)Mind you, we're perhaps being disingenuous saying that drugs are legalised in the...
April 25, 2012 at 8:09 am
GSquared (4/25/2012)
I love the fact that a discussion about Facebook has morphed into an argument about legalizing heroin. Somehow, it feels completely sequitur.
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April 25, 2012 at 6:58 am
Legal outlets would be just as indescriminate in who they sell to, if not more so.
You haven't addressed the European drug policy link, which shows increasign use in NL....
April 25, 2012 at 6:57 am
paul.knibbs (4/25/2012)
April 25, 2012 at 5:12 am
... and (not related to the NL, but) from US News: "The British experience of controlled distribution of heroin resulted in the doubling of the number of recorded new addicts...
April 25, 2012 at 4:50 am
Freddie-304292 (4/25/2012)If you legalise them with a high tax, then yes, that would happen. If I were doing it I would set the initial tax level so that the...
April 25, 2012 at 4:05 am
So in a legalised system the price of the legal stuff is going to be higher because of tax. But supply and demand means cheaper (tax free) stuff will still...
April 25, 2012 at 3:29 am
We have a problem in the UK with binge drinking - in effect drinking until you drop. Just about all age groups are affected. Alcohol is legal, so it's possible...
April 25, 2012 at 2:54 am
I agree the current system of controlling drugs and their effects is not working. But let's be sure any alternative we come up with is going to be better. The...
April 25, 2012 at 1:45 am
Freddie-304292 (4/24/2012)I don't think we would have a higher proportion of people taking drugs if we legalised them.
So your premise is that your everyday law abiding Joe or...
April 24, 2012 at 10:41 am
Freddie-304292 (4/24/2012)It should also be pointed out that Alcohol is a very dangerous drug, which some consider to be more dangerous then many of the illegal ones.
Indeed, if alcohol were...
April 24, 2012 at 10:22 am
Lynn Pettis (4/24/2012)[/bPlus, many of the illegal drugs today weren't illegal many years ago.
Are we talking horse tranquilisers and powdered paint?
April 24, 2012 at 10:02 am
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