- Supply could be regulated
To me that means the importation and delivery to retailers would be controlled in a way that alcohol and cigarettes are not.[/list]
This is something you always hear when this topic is debated, but what does this actually mean?
taking the trade from the gangs, and reducing their power on the streets
Policing costs would fall/be more effectively employed
Taking marijuana out of the criminal circle would most likely reduce the propensity to move on to other more dangerous drugs.
A huge source of revenue would be taken away. That in itself would substantially reduce their power.... playing devils advocate on a few of the other points:
Would they not just switch to another illegal drug, probably causing turf wars & gang land killings / feuds etc as more gangs compete for a smaller market?
Every possession bust means the cost of arrest etc, a garda being in court to prosecute and many other costs. Yes there would have to be policing of other drugs, but the resources would be targeted more at the drugs that actually are dangerous. There are also costs associated with courts and the costs of incarceration. It should add up to a pretty penny.I'm not familiar with the costs etc, but they would still have to prevent importation/distribution of all other illegal drugs, so I don't see much of a fall here. They'd still need to test for driving under the influence etc.
The issue I see is that your local hash dealer is also likely to carry quite an array of other substances, and offer them on occasion to the buyer. If you're a criminal for using hash, why not try another drug? Separate marijuana from that environment and you reduce the temptation to try other drugs, and prevent the 'Buy one get one free' offers that might move people on to other drugs.Has it been agreed that marijuana is a 'gateway drug'? I thought that the people who favoured it's legalisation generally said it wasn't? Apologies for the generalisation there.
How is it dangerous? Well apart from the obvious damage that can also be associated with cigarettes and alcohol. I would say it's less harmful than cigarettes because less is consumed.it is a dangerous mind and mood altering drug in and of itself.
I assume you make that statement as a mental health professional or somone who has access to the extensive research results which are now available?... I would say it's less harmful than cigarettes because less is consumed...
Again I assume you have some scientific basis for comparing the effects of the two drugs which enables you to conclude that one is "much worse" than the other.... Anyway, 'Party XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX', containing BZP are legal in Ireland and Canada (for the moment). They are really nasty. If you get offered these, please avoid. Much worse than spamspamspam.
Why do you make such assumptions?I assume you make that statement as a mental health professional or somone who has access to the extensive research results which are now available?
Or is your post made from a position of ignorance of the real dangers of the substance concerned?
Yes, imperical evidence, I've tried both and BZP is terrible stuff. The 'hangover' lasted three days from a single 100mg dose.Again I assume you have some scientific basis for comparing the effects of the two drugs which enables you to conclude that one is "much worse" than the other.
Are you suggesting that there's something in spamspamspam that'll make people want to take heroin?
I'm not convinced at all as to the 'harmlessness' of spamspamspam.
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I'd tend to agree with this and therefore would oppose legalisation; also I think we should not be addicting people to methadone, as is the current practice.Marijuana is not just dangerous as a "gateway drug" - that myth has been dispelled decades ago - it is a dangerous mind and mood altering drug in and of itself.
Something that can grow in the wild, should never be illegal.
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