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

[FlyingJesus]

Comparing a pint of vodka to a pint of beer is somewhat like comparing a half line of coke to a couple of grams, it's the same substance but a different dosage which again brings us back to the point of users needing to have some idea what they're doing before snorting down a few hundred quid in one go

Cocaine isn't one of the drugs I believe safe enough to be legalised by the way, was just using it for the example, and I certainly won't suggest legalising everything below alcohol on that list, as what it fails to take into account is how easy to dangerously abuse many of them are - GHB for instance ranks fairly low on that list but can be used in larger quantities as a cheap alternative to the high-ranking benzos on the graph, and over a third of the deaths attributed to GHB in one publication had nothing else toxic in the person's system. Again, back to people simply not being educated or seemingly caring about dosage, which then spoils it for everyone

[Santorefish]

Please dont be rude, im generalising my views and opinions and if you dont like it dont comment on it?

When i say u can take one pill and die, thats depending on other things obviously, but all in all it will take more pints of beer to kill you then it would cocaine

[ChickenFaces]

I'm going to say it all depends.

Crime rates would obviously go down, however the trafficking of more serious drugs might possibly go up because since drug dealers don't have to provide those recreational drugs anymore, they can concentrate on the other drugs that they sell and it might lead to problems in the future in that respect.

Someone stated above that people usually do drugs for the appeal of doing something 'rebellious' and this is somewhat true, however as soon as someone gets hooked on a drug it's no longer for the rebellious appeal. I think that is what draws people to drugs really. Maybe legalizing some gateway drugs such as marijuana might do some good in helping that, but it also might have the same effect that alcohol does to teens who drink while they're underage if we set an age limit. Then teens will be even more likely to start doing recreational drugs such as pot.

There's also the fact that since the crime rate will go down, what are the police going to do? There's pros and cons to this. They will have more time to focus on other more important crimes and the amount of prisoners in jail will drop exponentially, however it takes a huge chunk of work that could be done away from the police force, providing less jobs for them and basically will cut police forces down by a lot.

If they really wanted to legalize some drugs, I suppose that the only one that should be legalized should be marijuana.

[-:Undertaker:-]

The argument that we should regulate some drugs and not allow others isn't getting to the issue of why it should be legalised;- firstly if I want to smoke/inject myself or grow plants which give an effect that there is demand for then why the hell is that any business of the government? Secondly most of the drugs we are talking about 'regulating' are already regulated as they are illegal, government cannot regulate these things as shown when the US government attempted to ban alcohol which resulted in a crime-driven monopoly over alcohol.

[FlyingJesus]

Please dont be rude, im generalising my views and opinions and if you dont like it dont comment on it?

It's far ruder to enter a debate on something you have no knowledge of and spout nonsense as though they were facts. It's not a "view" or "opinion" that most drug users are homeless, it's an entirely incorrect statement. It's not a "view" or "opinion" that alcohol is a less deadly substance than all illegal drugs, that's also an entirely incorrect statement.

When i say u can take one pill and die, thats depending on other things obviously

Yeah that was totally obvious and definitely makes your point relevant... perhaps I'll go around trying to convince people that breathing is worse for you than not breathing, and then if someone proves me wrong I'll just claim OBVIOUSLY I meant if you're in a room filled with poisonous gases

all in all it will take more pints of beer to kill you then it would cocaine

Well yeah, a pint of beer is around 4 or 5% alcohol whereas a line of cocaine is even at its most impure likely to be around 40% cocaine, and coke rates higher on the scale than alcohol anyway so bad choice of example. As I said in my last post above, it all depends on dosage and that is where the fatal mistakes are most often made - not just with the illegal substances but also alcohol.

it also might have the same effect that alcohol does to teens who drink while they're underage if we set an age limit. Then teens will be even more likely to start doing recreational drugs such as pot.

I can't speak for everyone of course but in my early teens (ie: before 18) it was always farrrrrrr easier to get hold of weed than alcohol anyway, as obviously we couldn't be sold alcohol but drug dealers tend to not care so much about age as what they're doing is already illegal, so you don't need an older friend to help you out or any such business

[Unarmoured]

Weed is the only drug I think should be legalised, not too sure about anything else. I'd like to try most drugs before I die and if they were legalised it'd make the goal too easy.

[Santorefish]

It's far ruder to enter a debate on something you have no knowledge of and spout nonsense as though they were facts. It's not a "view" or "opinion" that most drug users are homeless, it's an entirely incorrect statement. It's not a "view" or "opinion" that alcohol is a less deadly substance than all illegal drugs, that's also an entirely incorrect statement.

Calm down mate, it IS my view and IS my opinion, if you dont like it dont read it.

[FlyingJesus]

If you don't know the difference between an opinion (ie: something that can be wrong or right to different people based on personal ideals) and a fact (ie: something that is either wrong or right to everyone and cannot be argued with) then I truly feel sorry for you.

As for not reading it, that's a somewhat foolish suggestion here as a debate requires one to respond to others, which can't be done if I don't read what's said.

[Santorefish]

If you don't know the difference between an opinion (ie: something that can be wrong or right to different people based on personal ideals) and a fact (ie: something that is either wrong or right to everyone and cannot be argued with) then I truly feel sorry for you.

As for not reading it, that's a somewhat foolish suggestion here as a debate requires one to respond to others, which can't be done if I don't read what's said.

Ok then mate, read it but if u truely disagree then say so politely, as for the difference between opinion and fact i know the difference perfectly well.

But drugs are drugs, alcohol is a type of poison that kills the liver slowly

[FlyingJesus]

Alcohol is a drug.