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Drug Deception
Macromondays: Theme is Deception
The British government has a very odd attitude towards drugs. They continue to ignore all the scientific advice that by legalising certain drugs the overall level of harm can be reduced.
Yes people are harmed by drugs, but more people are harmed overall by the criminalisation of softer drugs. Several top government advisers resigned last year in protest - whilst it generated newspaper headlines, nothing positive resulted.
The problem is that "middle" England doesn't have a drug problem (yeah, right) and politicians are too afraid to loose their vote. So they continue to lie and tell us theirs is the best way forward. In the mean time more people end up with criminal records.
I have no beef here. I am not a drug user, but it does annoy me that policy is not made based on evidence. Rhetoric always wins the day :-(.
Drug Deception
Macromondays: Theme is Deception
The British government has a very odd attitude towards drugs. They continue to ignore all the scientific advice that by legalising certain drugs the overall level of harm can be reduced.
Yes people are harmed by drugs, but more people are harmed overall by the criminalisation of softer drugs. Several top government advisers resigned last year in protest - whilst it generated newspaper headlines, nothing positive resulted.
The problem is that "middle" England doesn't have a drug problem (yeah, right) and politicians are too afraid to loose their vote. So they continue to lie and tell us theirs is the best way forward. In the mean time more people end up with criminal records.
I have no beef here. I am not a drug user, but it does annoy me that policy is not made based on evidence. Rhetoric always wins the day :-(.