Thanks for your polite reply. Unlike the previous poster. Surely though it's hard to deny there is not a huge drug s problem in this country ?
Seen it in my own extended family with the brother in law. Used to be a lovely bloke but now is a broken man after years of hard drugs.
Everything can be abused. If you over-eat, you get fatter, but it's not the food's fault. If you over drink you may become violent or morbid and eventually become an addict, but a small amount alone is nice.
I think that we became a very scared civilisation when there were so many people experimenting in the 60's and 70's.
Drug use dates back, as has been said thousands of years but became unfashionable when new western societies started to use it without an understanding of its properties and for reasons of pure pleasure. The use of cocaine in parts of south america for example. is ages old, but there it is understood. Almost part of daily life (was) but not to get off your head, but to increase energy, and reasoning power.
As I said before, some people should be very cautious using any drug. Any doctor will confirm that they have patients who are addicted to painkiller, valium etc. Some people are much more sensitive to alcohol; coffee even sends some hyper active.
However it's also true that some are barely affected. I remember a good friend trying LSD and finding no effect at all. Zilch.
Maybe the media, prodded by an anxious government have scared us more than really needed, but then as I started by saying, in the late 60's it was starting to look like half the population was lying in a park somewhere giggling at flowers
For me, all Opioids would end up (as they are) banned except for medical use, under strict supervision. Far too powerful for 95% of us.
Alcohol I dislike for it's tendency to promote aggression in some, but would leave alone. Cannabis I'd decriminalise totally and regulate as alcohol is regulated. For sale legally but available to anyone over 18. An offence to 'drive or operate machinery whilst under the influence'. That sort of thing.
For chemical lab street drugs, like Crack, etc etc I'd continue the ban. I dislike them all and don't know of one that is reputed to be beneficial, or prompt wellbeing in any positive way, but I've never tried any, not even 'speed' so admit a bias and ignorance.
I'd accept that there is b***er all anyone can do to control natural plant based hallucigens like Mescaline and Magic Mushrooms, and wouldn't try. In any case, it's my opinion that most people could benefit from opening 'the doors of perception' now and again. In fact I suggest each county council must elect one such user to it's ranks
Oh and seed 'the common' with said mushrooms.
