Posted by Tom Twilight on June 13, 2005, at 11:52:29
In reply to Re: Decriminalisation would at least be step in right, posted by Nickengland on June 7, 2005, at 10:05:00
Hey Nick and Alexander
I have just read your debate, which is really interesting.
I have to say I think if it were up to me I would have every drug legal but controlled.
Nick made two points which I would like to respond to.
Firstly that 'Speed' (by which I assume you mean amphetamine) is a hard drug.
I personaly don't know if I would put stimulants in the same catagory as opiates.
Amphetamines can be addictive obviesly, but I took Dexedrine over a period of several months (with frequent days off) and didn't get addicted at all.
I fact I was able to discontinue with no taperMost doctors in the UK seem to assume that stimulents are addictive, but in my experience this does not have to be the case.
Secondly Nick mentioned several incidents of drug addicts doing terrible things to get fixes.
The problem with this is that in my opinion its not an argument for making drugs illegal; rather it shows that they should be made legal.
If the drugs that addicts crave were more easily available they would not have to resort to such desperate measures to obtain them.
poster:Tom Twilight
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