The Top 10 Things I Know About Drugs

Ismene said:
That's one way of looking at it. The other way is that the US didn't even bother tracking down individual users for possession of research chemicals. Only the UK were draconian enough to do that.
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...but is possession of RCs in the US actually a crime? Or is it a bit of a grey (sorry, gray :) ) area?
 
Well they busted the guys selling them because they were analogues of controlled substances so presumably possession is a crime too.
 
I agree that you can't have a rational debate with people who hate drugs. My brother is like this and I now realise that there's no point in even discussing it because I'll get absolutely nowhere. I'm quite liberal about what others do, so long as they're not hurting anyone else; but even with legal highs, I know that anti-drugs people would disapprove so its easier to remain discreet and not tell them what they don't need (or want) to know.

I think my parents probably sense that I haven't always been squeaky clean but they would rather not be told, if that makes any sense. They would be upset if they were confronted with anything murky.
 
fastandbulbous said:
It's reading things like this that make me wonder just how far different the US is from Europe when it comes to drugs. While Europe has drug laws, some countries have actually gone as far as decriminalizing all drugs when it's only for personal use (Portugal) and some that still adhere to a lot of the 60s/70s approach to drugs. In the US though, it appears that the approach to drugs is still stuck somewhere between the 30s & the 50s.

As an example, about 18 months ago I was found in possession of 2C-I (80mg), amphetamine (~10g) & cannabis (~14g) all as a result of operation Ismene - the British end of op WebTryp, which was possesion of a Class A, B & C repectively. Now I ended up with an official caution for this, but I've got a suspicion that had that happened in the US, I'd most probably still be looking forward to my release date date from prison.

Sadly the US really does seem to treat it's citizens as irresponsible children when it comes to what you do to your own body; as a country that started off with such high ideals & well intentioned laws for it's citizens (ironically to eascape British oppression) it seems that the government oppresses it's citizens way more than the UK would ever consider doing
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My thoughts exactly, not based on experience (I'm in Asia) but from observation and the stories of people from both sides.
 
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