Illegality clearly isn't a bar for you, so why do you think it's a bar for other people?
In what way do you mean?
But how much of that crime is due to people stealing to raise money for their next fix?
When you were taking whatever it was, did you start behaving worse in public than usual?
Do people steal for a fix? Yes of course. But look at it like this, people are classed as "desperate", when they want it but can't have it, and are willing to do
anything to get it. So, if you make them legal, how do you stop these "desperation crimes"? Surely the only solution would be to make it free? Do you honestly think the government would do that? No. A) because people would be overdosing left right and centre and B) because the Government could/would make a bundle of dough from taxing drugs.
Secondly, It's not only the "desperate" who will do it. Do you believe drug dealers would become extinct? No chance. All that happens is, they start robbing it from shops and knocking it out even cheaper, meaning they are back in business.
Well technically your only think their will be based on your own experiences , and the people you were with at the time . So what you mean is people you know who took drugs would probably do more damage , for no reason , that they did when it was illegal . So its actually the people on the substances .
Yes, different drugs will affect different people. There is no set formula or pattern you can follow. One person could do a bit of sniff, and would be talkative and happy. Whereas someone else could take it and react completely different, i.e. aggresive, angry, paranoid etc. I was always the previous, and never once got angry or lost control when on any drug, be it weed, pills, MDMA or coke. But, of course, I have seen the flipside, and what happens when someone turns nasty when on it. The trouble is, they could be one of the nicest people you could meet, when sober, but all it takes is that chemical reaction to bring out some deep hidden emotions, and that's the touch paper lit. So how do you differentiate between the two types? How do you know who will act OK, and who will act like a mug? Simple answer is..... you can't. But by legalising all drugs, you are in effect, giving those capable of doing bad things, a chance to do these bad things. Whereas, surely you should try and prevent it?
Of course Osy, you're right, I can only go on what I, myself, have seen and experienced. But I don't for a second think I've seen/experienced anything too different from what goes on in every town/city throughout the UK.
The next factor, Look at the Clean up bill for a friday/saturday night in hospitals etc. Now tell me, what's more expensive/costly? treating some gattered person for a scratch on their head? or pumping someone's stomach, because they don't know their drug limits and have OD? You see it and hear all the time on the news stories and clips of youngsters who have been out drinking and have done so much, that they end up laying in the street puking their guts up. Now luckily, when on drink, all they're going to do is wake up with a banging hangover. However, you OD and you might not wake up at all.
Another key point. Everyone knows about Amsterdam. You go to Amsterdam, get bang out of your nut, and generally run riot. Now if we were to legalise gear, we'd have the same problem over here, possibly on a larger scale. And with our lax policing, don't you think it would be a recipe for disaster?
Then of course comes the chancers who will concoct their own recipe's and flog it cheap. That's how Methadrone (meow meow, Mkat, plant food) came about. How do they government (who have now leaglised drugs) stop this cheap crap flooding the streets?
The truth is, legalising drugs is a bullsh*t idea. And that's coming from someone who has done it all, and enjoyed it even more. But I know, that legalising it would be a monumental f*ck-up
