gnvqsos Posted November 23, 2011 Share Posted November 23, 2011 Maybe it was due to my lack of experience then. I really do think the day will come when we will see cannabis legalised though. Might take a long time but I think it's coming. By the time they legalise it people will have discovered more productive ways to enjoy themselves than sitting round with a craving for Mars Bars while listening to the Gratefruit Deed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bonzo77 Posted November 23, 2011 Author Share Posted November 23, 2011 It wont happen because too much money is made by keeping it illegal. More money could be made overall if they were legal, but it'd be made by different people & the people that benefit from it now pay our politicians well. So the politicians are the fat cats at the top of the drugs trade ladder? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bonzo77 Posted November 23, 2011 Author Share Posted November 23, 2011 By the time they legalise it people will have discovered more productive ways to enjoy themselves than sitting round with a craving for Mars Bars while listening to the Gratefruit Deed What makes you say that when drugs have been used by humans since the dawn of time? And............Gratefruit Deed????? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyclone Posted November 24, 2011 Share Posted November 24, 2011 Its the buyer who supports the lowlife who deal drugs and then use their funds to develop other criminal activity such as people smuggling,prostitution and child pornography.I would rather get an allotment;I have given up dope and now grow beet root and parsnips. But the solution is obvious isn't it. Legalise it. Then the buyer will be supporting the pharmacist, or the owner of the corner shop, or even the shareholders of tesco. Non of whom want to use the money for anything criminal. Or grow it, that works as well, so long as both were legal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anywebsite Posted November 24, 2011 Share Posted November 24, 2011 So the politicians are the fat cats at the top of the drugs trade ladder? Yes. It isn't just drug dealers that benefit from drugs being illegal, there are a lot of other vested interests too - like pharmaceuticals & alcohol. They all pay to make sure that illegal drugs stay illegal. Legalisation wont happen because our politicians are too corrupt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conrod Posted November 24, 2011 Share Posted November 24, 2011 Yes. It isn't just drug dealers that benefit from drugs being illegal, there are a lot of other vested interests too - like pharmaceuticals & alcohol. They all pay to make sure that illegal drugs stay illegal. Legalisation wont happen because our politicians are too corrupt. How do they do that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bonzo77 Posted November 24, 2011 Author Share Posted November 24, 2011 Yes. It isn't just drug dealers that benefit from drugs being illegal, there are a lot of other vested interests too - like pharmaceuticals & alcohol. They all pay to make sure that illegal drugs stay illegal. Legalisation wont happen because our politicians are too corrupt. I was aware of rumours about the government in Afghanistan being involved in the drugs trade, but not our government. Why would they spend billions keeping it illegal? They surely don't earn billions from drugs being kept illegal. The president of Columbia obviously doesn't earn money from drugs. He has suggested legalizing them if other countries follow suit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyclone Posted November 24, 2011 Share Posted November 24, 2011 How do they do that? Lobbying Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hairyloon Posted November 24, 2011 Share Posted November 24, 2011 Have we had a poll on this? I don't believe this forum is in any way representative, but it would be interesting nonetheless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anywebsite Posted November 24, 2011 Share Posted November 24, 2011 I was aware of rumours about the government in Afghanistan being involved in the drugs trade, but not our government. Why would they spend billions keeping it illegal? They surely don't earn billions from drugs being kept illegal. Whose government is it really in Afghanistan? We have a lot of troops there. The billions is just tax money, it's irrelevant to them, that's not politician's money, it's ours. It doesn't cost billions to buy a politician. The drugs that make the most money aren't illegal, they're patented drugs made by pharmaceutical companies. Illegal drugs tend to be (relatively) cheap & easy to produce, compete with legal drugs and can't be patented so there is no room for making monopoly profits from them. We'd even have the 3rd world able to grow their own legal drugs, if you're not careful with legalisation. Pharmaceutical companies don't want you (or the nhs) to buy heroin when you're in pain, they want to sell more expensive drugs that only that one company is allowed to produce. The president of Columbia obviously doesn't earn money from drugs. He has suggested legalizing them if other countries follow suit. Columbia doesn't have a large (legal) pharmaceutical industry. They get plenty of money from the USA though, he was probably just touting for a bit more. Also, Columbia is in civil war because of illegal drugs funding armed groups against the government - legalising them would stop the war there. Columbia & other similar countries have a lot more to gain from legalisation than the people that run the US & UK. Not all politicians & governments make much money from drugs being illegal, some are really hurt by it, but the ones with power benefit from it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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