(November 3, 2010 at 7:53 am)ib.me.ub Wrote: Ban all harmful substances completely, including alcohol and tobacco. This is my position, coming from a position of reformed smoker, drug taker(pot mostly), and drinker.
I see no overwhealming positive factors that outweigh the negative factors associated with these substances.
But banning simply dosen't work. You are proof of that. Drugs and pot were illegal when you were taking them and yet you still took them so how do you think banning will work?!
I favour full legalisation, which isn't an option in the poll as it's completely different to decriminalisation. The current position on drugs from the British government is completely bullshit. We spend billions trying to fight it and yet more and more people are taking drugs. Legalise, tax and create a whole job creating industry around the cheap production of substances people want and will get from black market sources anyway. Let people decide what they want to do with their own bodies and don't make criminals of them simply for wanting to smoke a bit of weed or take some shrooms.
