What changes would you support to our narcotics laws?

[Idaho]

I voted 'Decriminalise use and supply'.


Hmm, I'm the only one who did so. Two concerns are behind my vote:

1) Frustration over criminalization of drugs and the effect this has on law and order.

Notably:
- the strain on law enforcement,
- the huge profits. Unsolvable. The more drugs are interecpted, the higher the price becomes.
- the trickling upwards of these billions and billions, which undermines the legal economy. This effect must not be underestimated.
- the destabilising effect on producing countries. See: Colombia and Afghanistan.
- crime, and the formation and perpetuation of sensitive urban areas / ghetto's.


2) Drugs are bad.

Much worse, I think, than many proponents of legalization argue. This includes alchol, which I think comes at the highest social cost of all drugs.
Drugs are explosive goods, and need to be tightly monitored by the government. I am not in favour of the somewhat arbitrary division of alcohol legal and cannabis illegal. Both need to be monitored closely.

It seems that you rationale doesn't match your vote. You want close montoring and control - but have elected to leave drugs in a totally uncontrolled market.

Personally I think decriminalisation is perhaps the worst answer. It refuses to stop, control or take any responsibility for a criminal market.

[Beskar]

The thing is, it is a similar situation with "legal alternatives" which is weed killer, packaged with names like "snowball" with on the side have written "not safe for human consumption".

I think drugs should be decriminalised for use and I have no problems in other drugs being used for other things. However, I wish people would stop trying to smoke their maths text book as a spliff because it is hemp paper.