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NEWS: "Public should decide drugs law"

I personally think education is the key. Through my schooling years I received about 2 lessons on drug education. Most of the education was self taught. More funding is needed to educate people on the risks of drugs and how these risks can be minimized. The bottom line is that people WILL take drugs, weather they are legal or not. People like to escape reality for a bit, its like a mini holiday.

In the Brisbane vally, police have admitted that with their current funding that the party goers would be uncontrollable if their sole drugs was alcohol. Its thanks to MDMA that the crowed is controllable.

The amount of drug users that become 'junkies' is very low. Most junkies can't work because they spend most of their time trying to score.

Why not make SOME drugs semi-legal? Let people try pharm grade MDMA a couple of times and move on with their lives. Drugs should be legal to those who partake in education about the substance. To those who fully understand the ricks and what is needed to be done to be as safe as possible.
 
Ahh, education. The videos we were shown in high school was one of the main reasons I wanted to do ecstasy. Showing people having a sweet time with all sorts of shiny things and then telling us it would swell our brain. Mhmm. I think drug education needs a new approach, lol.
 
ooh.shiny said:
Ahh, education. The videos we were shown in high school was one of the main reasons I wanted to do ecstasy. Showing people having a sweet time with all sorts of shiny things and then telling us it would swell our brain. Mhmm. I think drug education needs a new approach, lol.
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hahaha yeah, when the teacher was talking about coke at school all I wanted to do was snort a phat line of the desk. Not really, I've never touched the stuff but I think it did in a way 'spark' my interest in drugs.
 
^ Neither... well we covered alcohol but that's it :D

The internet taught me well though - pity most people either don't know or don't bother with it (for drug info).
 
The Australian government rejects debate in drug legalization in Victoria after Sir Ken Jones, the Victoria Police Deputy Commissioner, raised attention for the issue.

Mr. John suggested discussing the matter in a well informed public debate, letting citizens express their opinion on making drugs legal.

Premier John Brumby declared that the government is not planning to reform existing drug policies in favor of legalization. He states: "We had a big debate about these areas 10 or 15 years ago, I think all of the measures that we have put in place since then, which have been a combination by the way of on the one hand harm minimization measures, and on the other increased enforcement and tougher laws, I think those things have worked well."

Research revealed that compared to former times, the drug abuse in Australia decreased. According to the Prime Minister, there is no necessity to debate the issue.

Although Mr. Jones started public attention on the issue, he underlines that he was never aiming to legalize drugs in Victoria. He explains: "I've always been and will always remain a strong advocate of the current approach," he said. "I absolutely do not support legalization."

The opposition agrees with the government leader and declares that it would never support the process of legalizing drugs such as cannabis.
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So much for a public debate.
 
Ironically, we got taught about the evils of drugs in HS by the time (late into year 10) most of my friends and I were smoking weed, dropping pills (mdxx) and snorting whip/speed occasionally already. So it was a bit late. A large proportion of my year used, everyone knew the people you could just ask to buy a pill, and then they'd sell it to you out of their locker. Heh, private school too btw. A fewer amount of people were into coke also.
 
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I love the attitude towards private schools re: drugs. Of course they're all on it, with an endless money supply from the parents it makes it very available. I'd suspect it's even more prevalent than at public schools. I went to a private school and personally know someone who did coke with their parents- ha!
 
I think that cournties suck as Portugal which have very open legalised drug policies show that very little actually changes when things are legalised, just less is spent on enforcement (good thing)
 
Yeah, I was at a private school and pills were huge, with meth taking off by year 12, and it goes without saying that a lot of people were smoking weed.
 
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Yeah, I wonder what happened to some people in my year in HS, some of them were very heavy users of stimulants (E, meth, coke). Every party during the last two years of HS I had to have some whip/speed or some pills, probably all wrapped up in my social anxiety which I'm getting over now, slowly though. 4 years out of HS now.

But I guess my point is, the prevalence of these drugs was quite amazing considering the strict attitude of the school. Lots of pills and speed.
 
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Lovegrud said:
Although Mr. Jones started public attention on the issue, he underlines that he was never aiming to legalize drugs in Victoria. He explains: "I've always been and will always remain a strong advocate of the current approach," he said. "I absolutely do not support legalization."
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Sounds like someone has been told to pull their head in :-/

Premier John Brumby declared that the government is not planning to reform existing drug policies in favor of legalization. He states: "We had a big debate about these areas 10 or 15 years ago, I think all of the measures that we have put in place since then, which have been a combination by the way of on the one hand harm minimization measures, and on the other increased enforcement and tougher laws, I think those things have worked well."

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According to the Prime Minister, there is no necessity to debate the issue.
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Makes me sad and angry, the heads of both state and federal governments obviously have no desire to touch the issue and claim their strategies are working which shows how much of a blind eye they are happy to turn to the countries/states drug problem. :(:(:(

So much for this is an era where other options are being considered... we'll see change eventually blah blah....
 
First off, I pretty much agree with everything Sameria said. Governments have decided they have the right to legislate morality, and the general public is unwilling (or, more likely, too ignorant) to stop them.

Lovegrud said:
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So much for a public debate.
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I happen to be writing an essay about cannabis decriminalisation, so I know all about the various task forces which were assembled from 1994-2006 (I may have the time frame slightly off). All of these forces concluded, and suggested to the government that prohibition causes more harm than it prevents, and that a new approach needed to be adopted. The government ignored all the advice given. There was debate, and it was ignored, so I'm unsure how Brumby thinks it's relevant to public debate now. To claim prohibition is a success is to ignore all evidence. Also, thank you for posting that article. It'll be very useful for the essay.

And yes, it does sound like Sir Ken was told to pull his head in. Wouldn't be the first time something like that has happened, and it sure as hell won't be the last.
 
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