Legalise drug use, say Brits in poll (The Sun)

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MOST Brits want to try making drugs LEGAL, a shock new poll reveals.

For the first time, six out of ten say they would back trials in which users escape prosecution — but get better medical treatment.

Under the radical plan — used in Portugal — dealers and traffickers would still be hunted and given stiff jail terms.

The bombshell comes in an exclusive YouGov poll for The Sun.

Last week Justice Secretary Ken Clarke said Britain was “plainly losing” the war on drugs.

In our survey, 56 per cent want ALL drugs policy options to be reviewed — even possible full legalisation.

But 78 per cent still think the sale and possession of killer drugs like heroin and crack cocaine should stay a crime.

That figure was 89 per cent eight years ago.

Over the same period people wanting to legalise hard drugs have doubled from five per cent to ten.

More now think that crime levels will fall if cannabis is made legal.


http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/politics/4416608/Legalise-drug-use-say-Brits-in-poll.html

 

[maxalfie]

Very interesting to see that the general public seem to at last realise that the laws as they stand just aren't working.
I think we are still a long way off from say Portugals model but perhaps there is finally some hope for the future.

 

[Herbal~Jah]

I am a progressive Libertarian so i say ALL drugs should be completely and totally legal... not just some but all, as it should not be a crime to ingest ANY substance on the planet earth.. But if they had to have some drugs made illegal I would say make those damn synthetic stimulants (bath salts) illegal as those chemicals are a million times worse then Heroin, coke and meth combined.

 

[Mercc96]

^ I'd agree but I believe these RC chemicals should also be legal, but to be honest im not sure what the demand would be if say coke, md etc were legal

 

[Herbal~Jah]

^ I'd agree but I believe these RC chemicals should also be legal, but to be honest im not sure what the demand would be if say coke, md etc were legal

exactly making the safe drugs legal would wipe out all these stupid ass nonsense drugs within seconds... And why is that the higher a drug is schedule usually means the more safe that drug is to use?! its like they made the schedules not on a basis of how dangerous the drug is but on how enjoyable and safe the drug is...

 

[Syanide]

Heroin?

 

[Crankinit]

Heroin?

Heroin is actually fairly benign in itself, other than being extremely addictive. Studies have shown that when supplied with cheap, unadulterated heroin, addicts tend to go about their life and function like any other person. In other words, the problems related to heroin addiction are all products of prohibition.