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Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington
I'm not entirely sure that legalising them would remove the criminal element.
The government would slap a tax on these recreational drugs...and then there would be those(criminals) who would try to sell them from illicit sources.....people would buy to circumvent the system, and so that they didn't feel like they were paying tax...I think most people like to feel they can steal a march on government taxes......duty free cigarettes are a rpime example of this.......I know people who have come back from Spain(or any other overseas destination with suitcases full of cigarettes/tobacco and booze.
The only advantage I can see for legalising recreational drugs is to improve the purity.......and regulate how they are sold. I'm still not in favour.
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I think it's a very difficult problem really. If they are legalised then people will take that as a sign it's alright to take them, but society doesn't want to give out that message.
Then if it is legalised what does that mean? That sources where they come from now will still be in place? Or will the gangs in operation now be stopped by the Police - so that problem would not go away over night! Or will the government allow private companies to manufacture them for quality control. That could mean higher prices. Higher prices then could mean that criminals still have a market for cheaper drugs, that are impure - then kids still will die from taking stuff that is not pure. So it just becomes a savage circle - with no solution.
I really don't know what the answer is?
Anyone seen this film "Altered States" about a Professor experimenting on himself taking magic mushrooms in an isolation tank. Directed by Ken Russell
- I saw it in the early 80's at the pictures - here is the trailer.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&fe...&v=40FiMy-ak0k