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> even in places
> like Switzerland where heroin use was effectively decriminalised
> for some time.
But you said it yourself in an earlier post,
decriminalisation is not the point as it dosen't remove the
dodgy characters and their crappy products. Establishing
a proper statutory system of controls that can be
regulated is a different story alltogether.
Jonathan Laws
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I'm convinced with heroin at least it wouldn't make a blind
bit of difference, with cannabis it would. Heroin is addictive,
most of the crime is indirect in that people thieve to support
their habit, rather than the crime being directly caused by
the drug dealers. Sean arguing about the cost of drugs is
also not accurate, drugs are inexpensive, but people still
steal to support their habit because if you have that habit
you cannot support yourself.
Legalisation of non-addictive drugs makes some sense provided
the drug itself is not very harmful, but legalisation of
addictive drugs that are also harmful would not help, IMO.
Tobacco and caffeine are addictive, but they are not very
harmful, so there is not much of a problem. Ecstacy can
be harmful, but it's not addictive.
It's where you have the two characteristics together that
you have a problem that would not be solved by legalisation,
because the cost/benefit analysis doesn't hold up.
Steve.
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