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[casino]

And I'm gonna be behind the wheel. Whoooooooohoooooooo. Without a care in the world. Whooooooooohooooooo. Cause the Lib dems say vote for us and we'll legalise yer weed!?!?! As if there's not enough drug drivers out there, there's going to be an awful lot more behind the wheel. Good luck out there folks, the worlds going to get a little more exciting. Can't wait . Not. Madness.

[Acidpopstar]

Not that they are getting into power any time soon but legalising it won't make one tiny bit of difference to how much is consumed behind the wheel or not. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

[smiley]

Research has shown that in Europe about 4% of people drive with drugs of medicine in their system.

In Holland where softdrugs are legal, this is 3.4%.

[oblomov]

Cannabis is now widely recognised as having many medicinal properties and being relatively harmless in reasonable quantities, hence its widespread decriminalization in many countries. Though still illegal in America many states allow its production and distribution and the DOJ openly follows a policy of non-prosecution. Here in the UK when presented with the relative harmlessness of the drug, Blair and Campbell threw their hands up in horror at the thought of softening the laws in relation to it. Other countries are exploring the huge medicinal potential of this drug but here attitudes are twenty years out of date with strict control and expensive licenses making research difficult and not worth while.

[Ali87]

I think it should be legalised. There would be increased revenue as it would surely be taxed and it would take money away from drug dealers, reducing the funding for organised crime. Would also reduce people's exposure to other harder drugs that they may be tempted to try while at their dealers.

[oblomov]

I think it should be legalised. There would be increased revenue as it would surely be taxed and it would take money away from drug dealers, reducing the funding for organised crime. Would also reduce people's exposure to other harder drugs that they may be tempted to try while at their dealers.

For a long time the view was that anyone ingesting 'drugs' would automatically be drawn towards 'harder' substances. This was an erroneous assumption,evidentially unsupported. Alcohol and nicotine are our two legal drugs, both more addictive than cannabis and we don't see those who are addicted pursuing other 'harder' stuff in great numbers. To become addicted to cannabis a person really has to indulge to the point of stupidity (usually a personality thing) . In my youth I ingested cannabis every day for ten years and eventually gave it up out of boredom. The resulting nicotine habit was far harder to kick. Present attempts at illegal drug control have consistently failed and have resulted in the billion pound criminal enterprises we see today and all the misery and death they bring. De-criminalisation would appear to be the way forward (not without many potential pitfalls) and some sort of paradigm shift in attitude is required if the problem of illegal drugs is to be addressed. The attempt at prohibition in the US which was eventually abandoned is a good example of the acceptance of the fact that legislators cannot necessarily impose what's 'best' for the people on the people. People will do what they want irrespective of the penalties and in the process provide opportunities for criminal elements.

Edited by oblomov, 15 May 2017 - 04:57 PM.

[FLD]

Canabis is a funny one.  There is loads of research into it, I've seen a good chunk of it.  The challenge is identifying the medicinal canabinoids as they are present in such small quantities.  There are people looking at synthetic routes spawning such delights as 'the one pot pot synthesis'.  Canabis as a whole does have downsides such as late onset schizophrenia amongst the worst known problems.  It's a tough one to decide on without serious controls hence the government just outlaw it.

[chris_uk]

whether its legalised or not its still going to be illegal to get behind the wheel of a car whilst under the influence.

[mbes2]

Weed would just be on the same shelf as beers

 

same rules will apply when it comes to driving