Another pregnant drug runner

[charlesh]

Interesting to note that Holland is apparently limiting access to their hash cafes and restricting non locals!!

[hhfarang]

Portugal has already shown the way. They decriminalized all drugs 8 years ago. Despite concerns drug usage would increase, it actually decreased and many more drug users there are seeking help to come off the drugs. As a result, crime has gone down, there are no underground illegal drug dealers, and the tax payer doesn't have to pay for a drug user spending their time wasting away in prison. The police can also concentrate on real crime. A good plan all round and a successful experiment wouldn't you agree?

JoeDoc, I haven't seen or heard anything about that. Don't you have one of your usual web site addresses to back up those facts? Not saying it's not true, so don't get your nickers in a twist... just saying I haven't read those facts anywhere and I'm interested in the official results of such an experiment.

[BaaBaa.]

JoeDoc, I haven't seen or heard anything about that.

Neither had I but it appears it's true.

http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&so ... tugal+decr

[redzonerocker]

Portugal has already shown the way. They decriminalized all drugs 8 years ago. Despite concerns drug usage would increase, it actually decreased and many more drug users there are seeking help to come off the drugs. As a result, crime has gone down, there are no underground illegal drug dealers, and the tax payer doesn't have to pay for a drug user spending their time wasting away in prison. The police can also concentrate on real crime. A good plan all round and a successful experiment wouldn't you agree?

i'm in total agreement
add to that, if people do feel the need to use drugs, at least they will be getting the genuine article & not some of the made up crap the dealers cut

[BaaBaa.]

i'm in total agreement
add to that, if people do feel the need to use drugs, at least they will be getting the genuine article & not some of the made up crap the dealers cut

I'd lock you up for that mate.

[migrant]

I remember reading an article in The Economist about it.

They said that if someone is caught with drugs they must go before a panel to talk about it. I don't remember all the details, but will look later for a link.

I remember they were happy with the results, but nothing miraculous.

[redzonerocker]

I'd lock you up for that mate.

you can't, i'm claustrophobic

[hhfarang]

Neither had I but it appears it's true.

Yep!... One of the links on BaaBaa's search from a fairly reliable and (politically) unbiased (to my knowledge) source:

http://www.scientificamerican.com/artic ... nalization

[migrant]

Here is the article from the Economist.

http://www.economist.com/world/europe/d ... postBottom