Dear All
Drugs are the blight on society but they have been with us from the dawn of time and despite several measures, the cycle has failed to be broken by authorities.
In some communities the misery is so apparent by the high levels of associated crime.
There is a phrase;
“in it to win it”.
The reason for the failures is that most politicians lack the courage to be radical to tackle this issue effectively.
They worry that by doing so they won’t get re-elected, which is understandable, opposition parties like to stick a label on people.
In Europe, particularly Holland the authorities take a liberal view on drugs with “coffee houses” where people can smoke cannabis openly.
Our problem is “Victorian” values of an age long since dead and buried; the Government needs to regulate drugs.
More than that it has to effectively drive drug dealers out by bankrupting the entire drugs market!
Until politicians realise this option is the only way, people will live in misery while the dealers get rich.
The objective therefore is to make dealer poor.
If given a straight choice would the public rather put money into the hands of a drug dealer or the Government?
I reckon they would chose the Government, money from the sales could then be ploughed back into offering help to addicts and get them some sort of stability.
This is not an easy option but the alternative is that people are funding criminals who use the money for other criminal enterprises that must be stopped.
Therefore; “in it to win it” is a viable option.
Yours sincerely
George Laird
The Campaign for Human Rights at Glasgow University
Drugs are the blight on society but they have been with us from the dawn of time and despite several measures, the cycle has failed to be broken by authorities.
In some communities the misery is so apparent by the high levels of associated crime.
There is a phrase;
“in it to win it”.
The reason for the failures is that most politicians lack the courage to be radical to tackle this issue effectively.
They worry that by doing so they won’t get re-elected, which is understandable, opposition parties like to stick a label on people.
In Europe, particularly Holland the authorities take a liberal view on drugs with “coffee houses” where people can smoke cannabis openly.
Our problem is “Victorian” values of an age long since dead and buried; the Government needs to regulate drugs.
More than that it has to effectively drive drug dealers out by bankrupting the entire drugs market!
Until politicians realise this option is the only way, people will live in misery while the dealers get rich.
The objective therefore is to make dealer poor.
If given a straight choice would the public rather put money into the hands of a drug dealer or the Government?
I reckon they would chose the Government, money from the sales could then be ploughed back into offering help to addicts and get them some sort of stability.
This is not an easy option but the alternative is that people are funding criminals who use the money for other criminal enterprises that must be stopped.
Therefore; “in it to win it” is a viable option.
Yours sincerely
George Laird
The Campaign for Human Rights at Glasgow University
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