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Legal Highs: The UK gets it right where Ireland failed MISERABLY

  • 12-05-2011 3:32pm
    #1
    hatrickpatrick
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    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-13354294
    The UK government is introducing legislation to temporarily ban new "legal highs" until they are proven to be medically safe by the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs (ACMD).

    Is that not better than what the Irish government is doing - a blanket ban on actually *getting high* instead of banning specific substances which have additional harmful side effects?

    One has a good shot of actually working and keeping people safe. One is utterly fail.

    1000 points to the first person who guesses which is which. >_>


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  • #2
    PeakOutput
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    hatrickpatrick wrote: »
    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-13354294



    Is that not better than what the Irish government is doing - a blanket ban on actually *getting high* instead of banning specific substances which have additional harmful side effects?

    One has a good shot of actually working and keeping people safe. One is utterly fail.

    1000 points to the first person who guesses which is which. >_>

    It is a better approach alright but I dont see any of the substances coming back with a safe recomendation

    also it begs the question what if that organisation deems other drugs safe, should they then be legalised too? I would say yes but many wouldnt


  • #3
    hatrickpatrick
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,797 ✭✭✭✭hatrickpatrick


    PeakOutput wrote: »
    It is a better approach alright but I dont see any of the substances coming back with a safe recomendation

    also it begs the question what if that organisation deems other drugs safe, should they then be legalised too? I would say yes but many wouldnt

    Obviously they should. Drugs laws should exist to keep people safe from harmful side effects, not to prevent people from experiencing a feeling if they want to. Your body, your choice? If there is adequate warning and information about side effects, I don't even see why they should be banned at all.


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