Should certain illegal drugs be made legal to buy for recreational purposes?

[Andeeh]

I haven't read posts from first page, but I feel that cannabis should be legalised. To me personally it seems like a harmless drug and to be honest most teenagers dabble with it here and there. It hasn't killed anyone.

[Matthew]

Well lets take alchohol, its legal, and will, if we think about it, will take a heck of alot of it to die directly from alcohol. With drugs it can be as easy as 1 pill to kill youself. Also, a large majority of people who take drugs are homeless, and take it to get rid of their worries.

You what?

Alcohol can be just as harmful as some drugs, and to say that the majority of drug-takers are homeless is just ridiculous.
Yes people may take drugs to rid themselves of their worries, but to say that most of them do it because they're homeless is just wrong..

[Hayleigh]

If it was strictly watched over yes . Also if someone says not to do something you do it so looseing up a tad could help . But still quite strict...

[Intoxicated]

They're readily available on most street corners already, legalising them will just mean people won't abuse them as much.

I disagree, legalising them will make them more readily available and more used.

I haven't read posts from first page, but I feel that cannabis should be legalised. To me personally it seems like a harmless drug and to be honest most teenagers dabble with it here and there. It hasn't killed anyone.

But Cannabis can be seen as a gateway drug onto harder substances. Also, Just because no one has die as a direct result of taking it, the substance does cause certain effects which are abnormal and can lead to death.

[Andeeh]

I disagree, legalising them will make them more readily available and more used.



But Cannabis can be seen as a gateway drug onto harder substances. Also, Just because no one has die as a direct result of taking it, the substance does cause certain effects which are abnormal and can lead to death.

Personally I don't think it is a gatway to harder drugs not for me anyway, maybe for some people who want to try any drug they want though. It may cause abnormal effects but the same can be said with excessive drinking or smoking which can lead to death. All im saying is that quite a large majority of teenagers and adults do it anyway so why not just make it legal with obviously some restrictions in place.

[Conservative,]

But Cannabis can be seen as a gateway drug onto harder substances. Also, Just because no one has die as a direct result of taking it, the substance does cause certain effects which are abnormal and can lead to death.

Drinking causes unusual affects - should we outlaw that? Smoking causes unusual affects - should we outlaw that?

Your answer will undoubtedly be no. Drinking causes you to get drunk, be violent ect. I drink from time to time at parties and I'm not in favour of banning it, but if you want to keep cannabis illegal for the reason "it causes abnormal effects" well take any drug and it does that.

[FlyingJesus]

All im saying is that quite a large majority of teenagers and adults do it anyway

Aww you were doing so well until this point as you can probably tell from my other posts in this thread I'm in agreement with you on the base points that you started with, but there is absolutely no way that the majority of teens and adults take illegal drugs

[Grig]

I think that weed should be legalized, but nothing beyond that. I got friends in America who do various drugs and like it, and if taken in the right way and knowing the source, then it is not exactly deadly. Although my views to that are different, as I am not going to outright say, hey let's get new laws which legalize them for recreational purposes. I would do it for weed, then keep the rest banned.

Some people point to alcohol here. I would disagree, simply because if you want to die of alcohol, it would be march harder to do so than with drugs. Drugs do take a much faster effect and a much more hallucinogenic one at that fact. So, to say well it should be would lead to much greater a death toll, as believe me a large bulk of the population DOES not know how to use a drug properly.

Although on the other hand, if they are sold legally there may be less 'dodgy' sources of the drug, i.e. one that could potentially be mixed up with God knows what and lead to death anyway. But at the end of the day I shall not be contradictory and stand by the first point of legalising weed and nothing beyond that, as the number of people who use drugs will increase, with these people not being able to use them 'properly'.

[FlyingJesus]

Some people point to alcohol here. I would disagree, simply because if you want to die of alcohol, it would be march harder to do so than with drugs.

This is entirely untrue as shown earlier in the thread

Drugs do take a much faster effect and a much more hallucinogenic one at that fact.

You're again seeming to assume that all drugs are the same.. the huge majority of street drugs aren't hallucinogens of any sort, and in fact alcohol can have such effects due to being so disorientating for some people

believe me a large bulk of the population DOES not know how to use a drug properly.

This however you are entirely correct about, and in fact people not having the knowledge they ought to prior to bashing their brains with chemicals is a far bigger killer than the drugs ever would be if used appropriately, but unfortunately some people seem to think they're invincible

[Grig]

This is entirely untrue as shown earlier in the thread



You're again seeming to assume that all drugs are the same.. the huge majority of street drugs aren't hallucinogens of any sort, and in fact alcohol can have such effects due to being so disorientating for some people



This however you are entirely correct about, and in fact people not having the knowledge they ought to prior to bashing their brains with chemicals is a far bigger killer than the drugs ever would be if used appropriately, but unfortunately some people seem to think they're invincible

I saw the graph you posted earlier in the thread, apologies for skipping it. It is true, believe it or not- weed is healthier for you in the long run compared to tobacco. About tobacco, I'm not doubting its dangers at all. For alcohol, it also depends on the kind of alcohol you talk about, whether it is vodka or beer say for example. Although, some drugs are much easier to get hooked on, whilst with alcohol you have a proportion of the population who suffer from alcoholism, however that is not the majority. In drugs, this statistical figure will be significantly higher.

As for the second point there, yes this is true- however then, there needs to be a very delicate line struck on the drugs actually sold, not implying to sell every illegal drug in the world.