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Sheldon "Quote: Sheldon "can't believe I read that, I'll take that its tongue in cheek comment'"
Why? The time it's been cut with ket, plant food and gyprock dust it's more damaging. The Dutch have testing kits at nightclubs and the Portuguese have relaxed laws to great effect.
Whatever laws and systems we've got in place clearly aren't working.'"
That really progresses the discussion, and opens up a whole moral/ethical debate.
I absolute understand that sentiment, and for me the real exam question to ask is 'would cocaine as a legal substance really be any more damaging to society than tobacco or alchohol?' There's an arguement that legalising it would mean more people do it, so any current issues it cocain causes would be magnified beyond measure, and there's also an arguement that it would then drive those that currently do coke to something stronger (it being against the rules is part of its attraction).
I do like the basic principles of legalising and taxing it, but I'd need convincing by someone much more knowledgeable than me about the potential negatives and findings from other countries where it's legalised.
One thing I 100% agree on - the current laws and systems aren't working - it's no longer even taboo or hidden - the folk who are doing it have no shame about it, it's not even a consideration anymore, it's just something they do. But then we're living in an age where finding hook ups on the internet through 'tinder' is not only socially acceptable, it's openly discussed and encouraged (when did internet dating stop being something only a complete weirdo would do?), and when did being a fat slag has stopped being an insult and has become something to celebrate, it's now a pre-requisite for getting famous on shows like Love Island and Big Brother...... The world has gone stark raving mad!!!