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Originally Posted by tommiasfc
All i wanted to no is if in peoples experiences they had seen addicts of hard drugs that started on soft drugs and it progressed to a sad wasted life. Do they not think they would have started with alcohol then went to soft drugs. So why arnt they calling for alcohol to be banned alongside drugs? Its a genuine question for people that have had experience with addicts.
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had withdrawn from this thread feeling that it was going round in non-productive circles, but I feel that having worked in the NHS for 30 years I do have something to add, in answer to your question.
Yes, I have seen addicts who started out on the so-called soft drugs go on and become addicted to other substances(heroin, cocaine, etc).
Most drunks are just that, drunks.....I cannot recall anyone who progressed to drugs via the alcohol route...although there were some addicts who were also drunks.
I think that if alcohol was being brought out today, as a recreational substance, then there would be moves to ban it....but the government gets much revenue from it sale and use...like with tobacco....so feel that it is unlikely to provoke the same kind of response as a thread to legalise illegal drugs.
Some people are unfortunate enough to have addictive personalities, and can become addicted to anything......from coffee to coca cola.
I have made my stance quite clear in earlier posts about my feelings of legalising illegal drugs......you legalise cannabis...next you legalise heroin, crack cocaine...where do you draw the line?
Whatever you say, unless these drugs(once legal) are being
given to the user free,(and I can't see that happening...can you?) there is always going to be a black market in the stuff so you won't remove the dealers, the criminals, the gang culture......all the bad stuff that goes with the use of drugs....and there will still be those unfortunates whose lives are wrecked because of their drug use....families ripped apart. Drug use is not glamourous. Film stars, pop stars who use drugs to enhance their so called creativity are running exactly the same risks as the lesser mortals you could meet at the local chemist, getting their hit of Methadone.....the difference is, they are in the position of checking themselves into rehab when the highs get too scary.
I am sure if these drugs that are labelled 'recreational' were legalised, then the government would slap a tax on them...and folk would go back to their dealers.
This is
definitely my last post on this subject...I won't be answering any more questions.
I hope those of you out there who use recreational drugs, live long enough to perhaps need the drugs to keep your heart ticking or your kidneys functioning(these drugs
aren't fun...and like
all drugs including recreational ones , can have nasty side effects), but my guess is, that you won't!