Re:Top medical experts say we should decriminalize all drugs...
by pstuart on Tuesday September 19, 2017 @12:19PM
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It's not just the people in power, it's the people themselves. Most of the citizenry have been brainwashed that "drugs are bad, m'kay?".
A majority now think that cannabis should be legal, but harder drugs should still be illegal to "protect us". This is somewhat understandable in that there are serious problems with drug use (it killed my brother), but we need education to show that the cure is worse than the disease.
Re:Top medical experts say we should decriminalize all drugs...
by ddxxdd on Wednesday September 20, 2017 @10:57PM
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But is the cure really worse than the disease? If it can be shown that broad, across-the-board legalization of all drugs would triple heroin addiction, would you be okay with that?
Honestly, until the people in power start saying this stuff, nothing seems likely to happen.
We've had a parade of experts, medical groups, police commissioners (in the UK), and ex-politicians all calling for change, but the people actually in power are either too set in their ways or too scared to rock the boat and lose their seats by being seen as "pro-drug".
We still have a long, long road ahead of us before much is going to change in the UK. I am heartened that baby-steps are being taken in the USA, but that's all they are, baby-steps.