President of the Philippines threatens to leave UN

[dyresand]

The Saudis have oil. Do you really think we're going to moan at them for human rights abuses?

The day we start using alternative fuels is the day we can say bye those assholes in the middle east. Rather we can use alternative fuels now rather than "later"
the EU is planning on banning gasoline powered cars in the next 20 years meanwhile we have a fuck all  green policy.

[Pat Mustard]

It is a problem. The solution is legalize, tax, and regulate. And treat addiction as a medical problem, and not something to kill someone over.

Yes, let's legalise heroin.

That's a fantastic idea.

The legalise, regulate and standardise route has worked for every legal addictive substance. The UK used have a ban on gin in the 1700's leading to stuff like this, until with the Gin Act of 1751 which legalised the import and standardised native production of the drink, which curbed the excesses that were seen previously to a large extent.

Of course if making an addictive substance illegal was worthwhile, then prohibition would still be in place in the US and probably would have spread worldwide (and remember the social and health costs associated with alcohol in the UK are both greater than all illegal drugs combined, a fact for which David Nutt was sacked by Call me Dave's government when he publicised it).

[flagbears]

Trust me, filipino culture has been the forefront, world representative of martial law, and implementing justice by arms with an iron fist. The UN or any external factors, intruding in this culture...... they've pulled this stuff for the umpteenth times, even within familial affairs.

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It is a problem. The solution is legalize, tax, and regulate. And treat addiction as a medical problem, and not something to kill someone over.

If he was able to do it in a city as a Mayor, and turning the city into an examplary city, on par with the Capital, for 20+ years, so pulling it off on a bigger scale should just be a splinter on him ?

Legalizing drugs, like small time pot/weed/marijuana ? It doesn't suit in our culture, implementing such is a give and take, and a bad idea. It's easy for the Europeans and Californians to legalize it, but in our culture, it's not, we're not culturally advanced as the Americans or Europeans.

P.S. Almost every filipino, university students in Philippines take meth, as a pre-exam medicine, to pass exams, and they're bloody smart! Been there, know some, here and there.

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The Saudis have oil. Do you really think we're going to moan at them for human rights abuses?

Recently no, oil prices doubled in saudi, and someone pulled the fuck back from Saudi, the economy is slumping.

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Philippines to suspend drug war to clean up 'corrupt' police

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-38793008

Philippine police are suspending their controversial war on drugs until after the "corrupt" police force has been "cleansed".

Police Chief Ronald dela Rosa said on Monday that anti-drug units would be dissolved.

It comes after the murder of a South Korean businessman inside police headquarters. He had been kidnapped and killed by anti-drug police.

More than 7,000 people have been killed since the crackdown on drugs began.

The death toll and President Rodrigo Duterte's hardline stance against drugs have attracted intense criticism from human rights groups and Western countries, although the president continues to enjoy a high level of support among Filipinos.

Speaking on Monday, Mr Dela Rosa said Mr Duterte "told us to clean the organisation first".
"We will cleanse our ranks... then maybe after that, we can resume our war on drugs."

[downbeatplumb]

Yes, let's legalise heroin.

That's a fantastic idea.

The legalise, regulate and standardise route has worked for every legal addictive substance. The UK used have a ban on gin in the 1700's leading to stuff like this, until with the Gin Act of 1751 which legalised the import and standardised native production of the drink, which curbed the excesses that were seen previously to a large extent.

Of course if making an addictive substance illegal was worthwhile, then prohibition would still be in place in the US and probably would have spread worldwide (and remember the social and health costs associated with alcohol in the UK are both greater than all illegal drugs combined, a fact for which David Nutt was sacked by Call me Dave's government when he publicised it).

And think of all the tax money you'd get from the junkies and ash smokers, its a whole revenue stream closed to us.

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I have seen how heroin destroys lives with my own eyes so I am absolutely against legalising it. Weed and other 'soft' drugs? Yes, but making hard drugs legal is taking it too far.