Is This The Way To Deal With Drug Users?

[youngmafbog]

Middle class drug users could lose their driving licences and PASSPORTS under Boris Johnson's plan to 'interfere with their lives' as part of 10-year blitz on county lines drugs trade

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10276767/Middle-class-drug-users-lose-driving-licences-PASSPORTS.html

[gulliver1]

God only knows what Boris had been snorting when he opened his speech Ranting on about Peppa Pig.

[DTCwordfan]

After what happened to my daughter 2 weeks ago at 17.30 on a Sunday evening with an Indian foreign student high as a kite on NDMA/Ketamine/LSD/Cocaine and booze then why not.....

He has been charged with GBH w. intent, criminal damage, breaking and entry and a parcel of drug charges - 5 to 7 and deportation.

[youngmafbog]

Gully, he used Pepper Pig as an example of a successful British export. Not that I would expect you to understand that. Now can we keep to the topic of the thread please?

[youngmafbog]

The idea of legalisation has been bandied around for a few years. The problem is no one knows what would happen if drugs were legalised. Presumably it would only be recreational drugs so prescription drugs (and yes there is a big market for them) would still be peddled by dealers.

I just worry about his 'interfering with their lives' comment. The Government has done a lot of that lately to law abiding citizens, it really isnt a good phrase to use.

[webbo3]

Dealers will undercut any legal sources especially cannabis as its the gateway to get their customers on stronger stuff.

Alcohol and cigarettes are legal but that didn't stop people going on booze cruises to bring back chep stuff.

[LadyCG]

Why just middle class? And who decides what "class" a person falls into?

[youngmafbog]

It would be for everyone, but BoJo is using the so called Middle class dinner party brigade as an example. It also shows he intends to target all, not just the sink estate druggies.

[andy-hughes]

No.

The best way to deal with drug users is to legalise and regulate sale and consumption.

Decades have taught us that the pointless unearned moral position of governments has simply swallowed billions of pounds in futile efforts to 'win the war' on drugs, and billions of hours of wasted resources that could have been better used elsewhere.

We don't have a choice about whether or not we have drugs in our world, we only have a choice about adopting an adult approach to regulation and control.

[jno]

Portugal decriminalised everything. It seems to be going okay

https://time.com/longform/portugal-drug-use-decriminalization/

[Mamyalynne]

If the measures can go some way to reducing child exploitation as outlined in the article then it's a good plan.

this is an interesting segment too.

//Sniffer dogs plan to tackle Commons' coke problem

Sniffer dogs could be introduced to Parliament in a bid to cut down on drug use in the heart of Westminster.

Senior MPs are considering the move after an investigation found traces of cocaine at 11 out of 12 sites tested for the class A.

A bathroom close to the private offices of Boris Johnson and Home Secretary Priti Patel were among those where signs of illegal drug use were discovered by the Sunday Times.

Commons Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle said he would notify police after the discovery in toilets in the Palace building itself and the adjoining Portcullis House, where many MPs have their offices.

Tory MP Charles Walker, who chairs the Commons Administration Committee, told the paper: 'The House of Commons has a long history of using sniffer dogs to detect explosives. It may be that we now need to broaden the range of sniffer dogs . . . to include those which can detect drugs.'//

[gulliver1]

Think most of Boris's Mps are just "Blue sniffers"

[Gromit]

Boris ha first hand experience of sniffing the white powder.

https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/article/boris-johnson-drugs

Whatever he does, is go to be hypocritical.

[tomus42]

I think it's a genuine attempt to do something other than hand out a meaningless fine and suspended sentence to people fuelling the drugs business.

Destined to fail though I fear.

[naomi24]

Gromit, why is it hypocritical? Did you never do anything in your youth that you wouldn’t do now?

[Gromit]

And in other news today…

// Cocaine detection wipe tests carried out in a single evening on 12 locations in parliament found evidence of the class A substance in lavatories near the offices of prime minster Boris Johnson and Priti Patel. //

[naomi24]

Tut! Must be those middle class drug users he’s trying to target. He got that right then!

[gulliver1]

Boris has got to be on something the way he behaves . Wacky Baccy comes to mind.

[Peter Pedant]

typical AB thread
wrong point wrongly high lighted
and the usual suspects.....

does the current drugs regime work - nope
does it need change - - yup
have other countries tried this yup
did it work - er well
is it any better than current - yup

then do it

losing passports and DL is NOT the main plank - nope

simples - or MAABOF or WULI WULI or end of

[Peter Pedant]

// Destined to fail though I fear.//
if it aint bust - - dont fix it

its bust - it needs fixing