I stand by my comment that the War on Drugs has failed, and will always fail. I have never said that drugs were not destructive, I say we need to kae a new approach. I have not jad a family member or close friend get addicted to drugs, but I know plenty addicted to alcohol and cigarettes
I'll say again I am personally in favour of legalization of all drugs or at the very minimum decrininailation and no penalties for personal use. The if we can split cannabis out of the mix and make that completely legal we will be on our way to something. Jail is hardly a deterreant to someone using drugs, selling drugs or couriering drugs.. The death penalty is not a deterrent either else we woudl not have South Africans executed in China or wherever they have these ridiculous penalties. If you can honestly say current drug policy is working then fine, but maybe you too should start looking to alternatives so you can help prevent other families from going through what you have been through. Have you read up on Portugals successes? I see you are just as anti cannabis as the rest. So our kids (and us) are told that cannabis is evil and bad and addictive and dangerous (Reefer Madness) but when our kids finally take it they say that they have been LIED to. DO you perhaps think that they then think they have been lied to about the dangers of the oter drugs. They then go ahead and find out for themselves with possibly tragic consequences. As Buzz wrote in his letter to Zille (that I posted) it is a self fulfilling prophecy that cannabis is a gateway drug by fact that to get it people have to be exposed to drug dealers who often peddle a variety of other harmful substances. How else do you explain millions of cannabis smokers who have never progressed to other drugs. No matter our opposing views it is good to get a conversation going. I just present a different point of view. Perhaps the right solution will be in the middle somwhere. Trev -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Observatory Neighbourhood watch" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/obsnw?hl=en.
