Drug Possession: MPs Reveal Plans to Reform Drug Laws as Present Approach Has Failed
Drug Possession: MPs Reveal Plans To Reform Drug Laws as present approach has Failed
Members of the powerful Home Affairs Committee are set to tell Prime Minister David Cameron that the current approach has failed and new strategies are required. Pressure on the PM is expected to include the setting up of a Royal Commission into redrafting of drug laws. According to the Mail on Sunday, the MPs concluded that prison sentences have failed to reduce drug dealing. The MPs also believe the drug black market is aided by stringent regulations. Many in the Conservative Party oppose drug law reform, however some coalition colleagues in the Liberal Democrats have recently backed reform. An unnamed MP on the committee told the Mail on Sunday that the current laws are “unfit for purpose”. Existing legislation was slammed as being a relic of the 1960s and not suitable to cover the current myriad of circumstances involving drugs. The former Government drugs adviser, Professor David Nutt, told Sky News that a shift in the international position, centred on the United Nation’s policy, is also needed. He said: “We need to review the misuse of drugs act which is 40 years old and is completely out of date in terms of the drugs that are in it. “The conventions on drugs are probably causing more harm than good in terms of the international global position.” Politicians have been urged to look at Portugal, which has altered its legislation. The Home Affairs report comes just days after a shift occurred in the United States to drug possession. Washington state has become the …
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with an open mind. I wish the media hadn’t made so many people believe it to be as evil as it has, there is never anything positive in the news about weed, however look online and you can find out it does have? a few benefits. I think it just needs to stop being portrayed as an incredibly harmful drug and researched in depth and if they still think it is bad keep it illegal. You’re right though i wouldn’t want my 15 year old son smoking it, because of the harm on developing brains as you mention
yeah i really respect you, i like how you seem very open minded about this whole topic, i understand that if you have had seen negative experiences of weed before then it obviously isnt going to be something? you support, i guess you are right in a way though weed does need to be looked at more in more detail, as it by no means isnt harmless and it would be naive to say it is. i just wish more people were like you and would at-least view it from other perspectives and look at it…. continued
most kids try? smoking, drink and sometimes drugs wen they are teenagers, but many are sensible enough to not get too involved…
kids tend to have to find there own way with these things and i am sure most kids have tried it by the time they are 15….may not be right, may not be good, but kids try smoking,? drinking and sex underage too….
Perhaps its alright in moderation, like anything some people can be affected in a bad way, but I personally think it would be a good idea to make it legal would stop a lot of street crime and then maybe people could just grow it in their back gardens and enjoy it.
watifistickmycokinit :: You have some good points there 🙂 I think if governments could find a? way to tax it and stop people growing it they would legalise it….If you 15 year old is going to do it you probaly wont even know….
makes me want 2 contradict what i said yesterday about legalisation because as i’m positive u are already aware of, this rings true 4 alot and then i think of those violent men who come back from the pub and procceed to knock their partners from pilla 2 post and how much weed would be better than alcohol 4 them( i’m not 4 one second suggesting u did that, btw lol but i’m sure u get where i’m coming from )
It’s not working, ur right but i have? a what if 4 u- ur 15 year old son starts smokin it
you’re a bright boy, MA, but consider this; the only people i ever hear speak highly of cannabis are those who enjoy smoking it. some of the points u make are spot on, others as of yet proved beyond doubt like if it really cures cancer, the uneducated would laugh out loud and dismiss the idea claiming the opposite but in all fairness to your goodself i tend to sway towards ur way of thinking.
what u said about alcohol compared to weed 4 u personally is very? important & actually …..continued
your welcome x ?
ahh alright, i hadn’t either so that makes a lot more sense? so thanks mate
from my research it only has a negative effect on a small percent (3%0 of users where it can cause paranoia, most of which are people who haven’t grown up in a stable household and are? already susceptible to developing paranoia and weed just finishes them off. For some reason alcohol has a bad effect on me and makes me become an aggressive person, whereas weed doesn’t. so i personally prefer it. Cannabis does cure cancer though, so even if its just for medical use i think it should be looked at.