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In the UK there has been alot of talk (from the royal arts society) of legalaizing drugs.

For
Less crime
Quality would be better (no-one would die of wrong ingredents in E etc)
The government could could gain tax from it (just like with tobacco and alcohol)

Against
Pressure on NHS (in the uk: the nhs has had a bad strike so getting more more people who suffer from schizophrenia)
Wrong message - to youths: who think if it's not illeagle for adults it should be illeagle for them (sort of whats happend with alcohol)

Are there anymore points for or against it?

And what do you think: should/shouldnt they and why?

"Legalizing drugs"? They can't just legalize everything. Legalizing cannabis, for example, would probably do more good than harm, but there's no way they should legalize physically addictive drugs like Heroin. Then again, it wouldn't surprise me if they care more about taxes than people's health, happens already with tobacco

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Originally posted by ayjay
Legalizing cannabis, for example, would probably do more good than harm, but there's no way they should legalize physically addictive drugs like Heroin. Then again, it wouldn't surprise me if they care more about taxes than people's health

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Same here in Mexico.
If they are to be legalized and bought with a prescription, i *sort of* agree

I sort of agree about leagalizing cannabis but Ive seen the effects in all aspects of drugs such as heroine and cocaine, cocaine especially. It tears families apart and people end up in so muhc debt and stuff. Drugs are stupid.

Legalizing canabis would be a good idea IMO... only under specified amounts that you can carry, and age limit, etc.

They'd also need to set a limit on how much you can use or consume, and find a quick way to test it... Like  PVC for weed.

As long as the drugs are properly labeled, I think that sounds like an excellent idea.  Your body belongs to you and isn't government property -- you should have the right to intoxicate it with any substance you prefer.

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Originally posted by Adeptus
you should have the right to intoxicate it with any substance you prefer.

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Yeah, but respecting others...
You can't use "being under the influence" as an excuse

If it comes to be the same thing as alchool (if you're drunk and do a stupidity you pay for it) then I don't see the issue..

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Originally posted by Fuse
For
Less crime
Quality would be better (no-one would die of wrong ingredents in E etc)
The government could could gain tax from it (just like with tobacco and alcohol)

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the government can control what goes into the drug. uh... like weed, some people put bad things in the weed that can frig you up badly... if the government were to sell it they could control it and have it all grown naturally with out like chemicals and stuff (like to make it grow faster...blahblah)

i think natural things could be legalized, but not like chemicals. blah i dont know.

Well, over here cannabis is legal (Amsterdam), I don't think they should make it illegal here, but they need to make it harder for young people to get and they should give better advice on the addictive qualities of the drugs.

They are kinda already working on it, but it's not enough, they recently began with cannabis free area's. So these are places in the city where it's illegal to smoke cannabis in public. Marked by the dumbest and ugliest sign btw, but it's a step in the right direction.

A lot of people here use cannabis just because they are "cool". I think that's very weak of them, I used to have such friends too, but I don't want anything to do with them anymore.

Legal or not, there are still ways to get the stuff, they should better think about getting this 'smoking is cool' mentality out of people.