Yes legalise it - take money away from criminals - it is available for anyone who wants it already = might as well make it safe and take the NUMBER 1 money raiser for organised crime .... Drugs being illegal cause MUCH harm - Everyone needs to understand that NOT taking drugs is best,
It’s great to see Jacob actually focusing more the issues affecting society with having productive debates where adults speak to each other as adults. Understanding the nuances of issues and no tribalism
Alcohol is far far worse than drugs. It ruins every part of your body. My daughter is 30 days sober. She has liver, and kidney damage that is so serious she now needs hospital treatment. She’s 38 Alcohol is everywhere and cheap as chips. There are testing centres in Holland. Rafe is spot on as usual 👏
Just to add - Im 60 retired and have never been unemployed - I have had a life which has enjoyed taking speed in the 80s and had a great time in the Rave scene (ecstacy is amazing) and have only recently stopped taking drugs since about 18 MONTHS - Throughout this period I have always kept fit with running and swimming and gym. I NEVER let weekends or drugs loose me a job. The only reason I could keep control is because I did not drink alcohol or indulge in opiates (Heroin ). That said - I had some fun with drugs, but NEVER forget, if you take drugs you have to suffer comedowns and deal with the(MOSTLY) low life who sell them. (People who you cant trust and who would not be bothered about harming you or stealing your money) The biggest harm to me from my drug experience is the fact it is ILLEGAL - Not only did I get a criminal record for possession, but I also had exposure to the worst kinds of people because of prohibition. Most people who take drugs for fun are VERY decent people
@@ibuprofen303 To be fair, it can be an annoyance. In Spain you can go to coffee shops but they have to be ventilated to prevent the smell escaping. Same as private residence. That way individual liberty is preserved as well as your neighbours rights not being infringed by odours they don’t like. Legalisation with reasonable controls seems to work there.
Druggies (weed) are sc+mbags. I live amongst them. See their antics and other criminal activity at close quarters. After contacting Merseyside Police many times the druggies put a large piece of concrete thrrough my front window.They are not nice peole at all. I welcome the fact that they suffer ill health due to addiction. Despise them. Police do nothing.
What i need an answer to is how is legalisation or decriminalisation change the behaviour of the addict? Drugs will still need to be paid for, which means that the addict would still commit crime to get the money to buy the drugs. They would still be irresponsible as people, failing to turn up for work, letting people down. So many young children have died in the hands of addict parents. So how does decriminalisation change the fact that addicts become awful people to be around who let everyone down.
Portugal and, to a certain extent, Switzerland has decriminalised drug use and the numbers of addicts and crimes have decreased. Evidence based. In Switzerland addicts go to centres to get their fix at specific times and can hold down jobs as the dose given allows them to function (guaranteed amount) thus stopping the chaos. It has been found that, over time, many addicts ask to be weaned off the drugs and do so with help (dealers are not going to encourage stopping drug taking). Heroin, amphetamines etc aren't expensive particularly but illegality supply/demand etc makes them so.
@@dogsenseforu301 I completely agree as there will be no fear or stigma about having the addiction and your right they are more likely to seek help to get off the drug and the government would benefit from the tax's they receive
Because they are more likely to seek medical help. As evidenced by Portugal and Netherlands… There are also functional addicts. And probably a few million workers who smoke a joint at the weekend…. There will never be a magical solution. But prohibition is a pretty bad policy if you ask me. That doesn’t mean you just sell drugs to anyone in a candy shop though.
@haycockjeff I'm listening. But I know why the benefits system was created, to eradicate poverty and destitution.....that hasn't worked out. In the end, they expect some people to pay for the unemployed, the drug addicted, the single mums, and the list is getting longer... Maybe some personal responsibility and discipline without recourse to public funds might go a lot further than you think. Being a trapeze artist is so much less impressive WITH a net, especially a net someone else pays for....
I was a police officer, and cannabis should be made legal, so much time is wasted policing it, All states in the usa that have, there has been a drop in crime, plus the sold in shops is better than the stuff in the street, government gets a tax on it, and dependency on medicine also decline. At the end of the day something that grows in the harden would be better for you than what drug companies make
We have the same situation with drugs as the US had with alcohol prohibition in the 1920s/30's. Where there is public demand for an illegal product a black market develops operated by criminal gangs. The sensible course would be to legalise all but the most dangerous substances. The result would be tax revenue for the government and a huge saving in police man hours. People argue that drugs are dangerous which is true. But they would be less dangerous in a government regulated market.
If you want to bankrupt drug dealers then legalise and control. A heroin addict should be under strict medical supervision with a GP. Anyone selling it in public should of course be prosecuted. Just don’t do it the stupid way like San Francisco….
Absolutely, more forward thinking ,look at how other countries have tackled major issues yet UK is still closed n the victorian times with it's Draconian laws! Even ,Mexico , Thailand is more forward thinking ! wake UK , Look at Scottish drug deaths the last 3 DECADES !
"Look at the Scottish drug deaths the last 3 decades" Scotland is trying to be more forward thinking on this issue but is being blocked by Westminster. It's only Scottish lives so no need for change.
Poor Rees mogg when he talks about this he demonstrates his complete lack of knowledge of capitalism. Im the drug game when the police raid the local kingpin they don't stop the trade. Alll they do is open the market to the more effective and already successful competition. The police have already spent a lot of resources going after the kingpins and need time to start a new investigation. The drug dealers just need to open up shop and gain resources.
It wasn't that long ago that tests were done in the house of commons and traces of cocaine were found in all the toilets apart from one so if you want to crack down on recreational drug use maybe you start there Jacob
