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| Thread ID: 118150 | 2011-05-21 11:03:00 | Jailing Addicts | Twelvevolts (5457) | PC World Chat |
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| 1204092 | 2011-05-21 11:03:00 | I'm trying to figure out what our Sensible Sentencing friends think of jailing drug addicts following Pete Doherty's six month jail sentence today for cocaine possession. So he like many people admits he is addicted to drugs, so the law says lock him up for six months. What is the logic behind jailing drug addicts, surely they need medical attention not a jail sentence. This is the same logic that holds in New Zealand so the same thing would happen here, except out sensible sentencing friends would likely make the sentence fifteen years. |
Twelvevolts (5457) | ||
| 1204093 | 2011-05-21 21:14:00 | drugs-bad Society-rules to protect itself Actions-consequences. He's dumb enough to get caught (many many times) doing something he knows to be illegal, his choice, And as an adult there are consequences. well, in some countries. Personally I'd have him shot. he's a pathetic junkie. Are you suggesting the laws that govern society shouldn't apply to him (and that he should be able to flout them in public as he does) because of his "fame".? |
Metla (12) | ||
| 1204094 | 2011-05-21 21:41:00 | Abolish drug laws I say!....All the laws really do is take the traffic under ground, make it more expensive which in turn create crimes, while organised gangs get richer...Prohibition does not work, not in the slightest! The govt need to setup drug clinic which governs sale of drug (clean) and monitors users. |
SolMiester (139) | ||
| 1204095 | 2011-05-21 21:58:00 | Let them out on parole for routine drug testing when they fail back to the slammer for any year. | prefect (6291) | ||
| 1204096 | 2011-05-21 22:33:00 | You abolish drug laws and then your get rampant addiction within society, The laws were brought in to address that very situation. Those that ignore history are doomed to repeat it, drugs **** peoples heads, Sure they will never be eradicated, But giving the populace approval to partake is sheer stupidity and will cause more problems then it could ever solve, Not that it would solve a single problem. Go hang out with some junkies if you think its such a good thing. |
Metla (12) | ||
| 1204097 | 2011-05-22 00:52:00 | You abolish drug laws and then your get rampant addiction within society. I dunno. Alcohol is legal. Not everyone ends up an alcoholic. Allow drugs and if you're dumb enough to take them, well you won't be around ling enough to become a big problem to society anyway. |
pctek (84) | ||
| 1204098 | 2011-05-22 01:05:00 | Alcohol use is rampant, I made no reference to everyone becoming addicted. :pf1mobmini: |
Metla (12) | ||
| 1204099 | 2011-05-22 01:29:00 | You abolish drug laws and then your get rampant addiction within society, The laws were brought in to address that very situation.No, they weren't. Those that ignore history are doomed to repeat it, .Those that don't know their history are doomed to be misled by those with an agenda. drugs **** peoples heads,.As does alcohol, TV, sugar, video games, fatty food ... ad infinitum, depending on who you listen to. Sure they will never be eradicated, But giving the populace approval to partake is sheer stupidity and will cause more problems then it could ever solve, Not that it would solve a single problem..Those who want to, currently can and do. Decriminalising drugs would not 'open the floodgates' as some would have you believe. Most of the "harm" is a consequence of the supply being controlled by criminals trying to maximise their profits, and addicts doing crimes to afford it. Go hang out with some junkies if you think its such a good thing. Yes, there are health and addiction issues with drugs (and a lot of other things), but if these issues can be addressed more openly, and the secrecy and misinformation became education & honesty, it would be a hell of a lot better than the current situation. |
fred_fish (15241) | ||
| 1204100 | 2011-05-22 01:34:00 | Alcohol use is rampant, I made no reference to everyone becoming addicted. :pf1mobmini: I think her point was, that availability will not make us all take drugs and become addicted. |
Cicero (40) | ||
| 1204101 | 2011-05-22 02:05:00 | Allow drugs and if you're dumb enough to take them, well you won't be around ling enough to become a big problem to society anyway. Trouble is they are around for far longer than they should be and we the poor tax payer ends up worse for it. I wonder how many are on a sickness benifit. Seeing Piccadilly Circus station in London back in the early eighties was enough to put me off drugs. Two a week used to die from drugs there. |
mikebartnz (21) | ||
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