Should illegal drugs be legalised.

Ah! there will always be someone that favours the American solution.

I wonder if there has ever been a study of the impact that drug related burglaries and muggings have on the lives oridnary people? I would imagine that a lot of "petty" crime would vanish overnight if  these drugs were controlled and available via prescription. Then again I might be wrong.

Thanks folks for your opinions. This is a very complex issue, with many consequences needing to be considered----.I am still in two minds about the subject and am reading the posts with great interest.

K

By all means legalise them. But withdraw free medical treatment for addicts. If someone chooses slow suicide, why interfere? 

Never tried them, never been tempted, never will be. Got far more intelligence and strength of character. Get my kicks via sport.

I think you only have to look at the consequences of 'Prohibition of Alcohol' in the USA to get a measure of what is actually going on in the illegal drugs trade and what would happen if they were legalised and controlled.

Are there not a lot of people who don't get into drugs, because they are illegal?

Would some of those people have less qualms about trying out drugs if legality were no longer an issue?

Ah! there will always be someone that favours the American solution.

Someone  like  the  parents  of  three  12  year olds  in  the  Manchester  area,  perhaps ? Apparently  they  were  told  they  were  sweets !

Will the crimes committed that goes along with the addiction to illegal drugs also become lawfull 

Most Definitly Not !!!

Most Definitly Not !!!

Write your comments here...we'll in that case, I won't be giving either of them a go