Mike Trace - does the criminalization of drug users work?

[bubazuc]

wow......we need to get drugs off the street...

[ukrider13]

Yes it does, but we need to go much further in our punishment, and REAL efforts need to be made in to keeping more drugs off the streets. I doubt that will ever happen though.

[LIP15]

You silly brainwashed individual.

[ukrider13]

Oooo, I hope so. I can't wait to see the day when all those scum-bag druggies writhe and squirm with withdrawal. Mwah-ha-ha-ha-ha!!! Serves them right for being weak willed degenerates.

[catc22h]

I would hope you are just trolling, but i actually think you are as ill-informed and reactionary, not to mention as unrealistic, as you sound.

[ukrider13]

If someone wants to take hard drugs and they can afford to do it, what do I care? It's their life, their money and their business, not mine. But when they cross that line of criminality and steal from me, they make it my business, and IMHO we as a nation are FAR too soft on crime. That's why we've become a lawless society. 99% of junkies are theiving scumbags who steal from hard working tax payers like myself. Their choice, not mine.

[catc22h]

It seems you associate all crime with drug-use, but at the same time you acknowledge that such crime is likely to be of an aquisitive nature. To blame one social problem, significant though it may be, for the ills of society as a whole is neither accurate nor helpful.

[ukrider13]

Wrong. I say treat ALL thieves equally, and to do so IS helpful, at least for us law abiding citizens who work hard to acquire our possessions.

As I said, I have no problem with wealthy drug users.

[catc22h]

You're contradicting yourself, In an earlier post you stated that: 'REAL efforts need to be made in to (sic) keeping more drugs off the streets'

Now you state that you have 'no problem with wealthy drug users'

You should really think about things before you commit it to scrutiny.

Come back to me when you feel you are capable of a reasoned argument.

[ukrider13]

Where's the contradiction? Wealthy users don't buy from the streets, nor do they contribute to drug related crime at "street level"

I've never been the victim of a wealthy rock star's drug habit, nor have I ever seen one hang around on corners, waiting for a fix. Have you?

We need to get drugs off the streets, and a change in our mindset, is what is required.

We need to clean up our streets!

[catc22h]

Where exactly do you think drugs come from? Bottom line is the vast majority of drugs sold throughout the western world fund everything from organised crime to terrorism. Your glamorous rockstar image is in reality no different from the homeless addict , or from someone who steals to fund their habit. I work in the field of addiction and have seen enough to know that the stereotypes you are so comfortable with are a fallacy. If the answers were so easy to find i'd be out of a job.

[ukrider13]

The fact remains, that it IS the jobless addicts, who steal from their hardworking - but equally un-glamorous law abiding neighbours. The stereotypes was there for your benefit, not mine.

People from all walks of life can become addicts. The majority all end up in the same place... jobless, penniless theives. Stereotype? No, reality.

Rehabilitation? Give me a break. How to turn a tax sapping, burden into a national asset? 2 easy steps... Compulsory detox and hard labour camps!

[capnbic]

start cleening then

[MrPragmatism]

We will never rid our society of drugs...drugs have been part of societies all over the world since man.

Demand will always be there so its up to use wether we allow the criminals to control the Supply!Imo govt should control and regulate all drugs.Biggest problem we have is our children and the easy access they have to criminal dealers who care more about the buck than age.Idont care if adults use it,its their life and as long as they dont resort to criminal activity to fund their habit!