Posted by Nickengland on June 8, 2005, at 4:37:41
In reply to Re: Decriminalisation would at least be step in right » Nickengland, posted by alexandra_k on June 8, 2005, at 3:37:15
So governments around the world would first have to stop the war on drugs i.e stop buring opium and coca crops and stop the multi billion criminal drug business.
Then goverments would be re-growing the crops..Enter the world of Corporate Business as with the billions of dollars/pounds involved surely they would want there chunk of this. Then it would be floated on the stock exchange..hmm the thought of people investing in crack, so people can buy it, pay tax on it, then so the tax money can help to pay them detox from it? If thats the case why not just work to eradicate crack in the first place. I dont think i'd like my children to grow up where crack would readily available from the government and companies. However I think the governemnts can still afford the same detox treatment centres, they dont need the tax from the drug just to pay for that.
A quote from Albert Einstein springs to mind...
We can't solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them.
In America for example, would they then market Crack?...would it have a new brand name and adverts on tv for the finest smooth smoking crack rocks?Would you then get brand name accessories for a new crack pipe? How about a brand name strap for tieing round your arm for injecting heroin - this would have to come with a governnment warning that if you repeatedly inject the same vein, this vein will no longer work..in the most extream case some men resort to injecting their own penis!
Its just a switch, the criminals are no longer the drug dealers, the government and privite companys become the drug dealers...Would politians get the vote for this?..I think not and I guess that is why things like heroin and crack are illigal throughout the world.
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