And this is why drugs needs to decriminalised or legalised.
People are going to take drugs recreationally. Doctors take drugs recreationally. Barristers take drugs recreationally. Members of Parliament take drugs recreationally.
The more we push drugs underground, the harder it is maintain consistent standards. No one to batches of drugs are ever the same and that’s what makes it dangerous.
I hope that one of the results of this inquest is an investigation into this side of the illegal drugs.
We really need to regulate these drugs instead of just banning them and hoping the problem will go away.
The demand is just too high to stop the supply, most drug users don’t ever suffer any negative consequences from their use, and so they often don’t see the potential dangers.
We need to legalise a lot of these substances so they are uncut, dosed consistently, and safer to use, make sure they are sold with clear warnings, and routinely inspect vendors to make sure they are not selling to anyone underage/selling unsafe products.
Trying to just ban drugs is like trying to ban blowjobs, it’s simply never going to work.
There’s no chance cocaine will be made legal. The drug is altered way too much from its natural form.
Sorry but are we to assume he took a cocktail of drugs?
No where do I see it listed what he actually took, it’s always just “recreational drugs” which is a compound terms for just about anything that is available on the streets, be it 2bc, DMT, Meth whatever.
Yes her message is really heart felt and selfless but the articles regarding this continuously mention “recreational drugs” in the plural.
Yes it’s a shame but the bigger shame is that recreational drugs on the whole need to be regulated, taxed and controlled, We can have millions of discussions, focus groups and conversations about them but the reality is we need to drop the black market, legalise and control them.
You’re not gonna stop people taking them, we’ve tried for a century and every nation failed except those who legalised and controlled them.
It’s sad that he died but there is an element of personal responsibility here that this sub likes to ignore. Jamal chose to take those drugs, funding the violence on our streets and the violence overseas caused by drug traffickers.
Some of the comments here are mildly irritating. I work a nightclub and cokeheads are the most irritatingly aggressive pricks I have to deal with. People turn up jittery and off their tits on pills and powders, and if they don’t get turned away at the door (and instantly fly into a rage) they start fights or fucking collapse inside.
I fucking hate cocaine users in particular and the idea of it being legalised really annoys me.
Was he a smack head?
Maybe I’ve just got a black and white stance on the whole thing but to me, if you want to play with fire you’re gonna get burnt.
Commenters here saying coked up people are all aggro and violent. But my mates and I used coke a fair bit back in the day and were never like that.
Probably because we were polite people anyway. If anything we were just more intensely well mannered. Using way too many “thank yous” and “sorry mate” when not needed.
I’ve also had lots of obviously coked up people talk to me on nights out. They were never violent. Just friendly and very chatty. But I imagine if a wrong ‘in was coked up they’d be quite ugly.
I think it has to do with the personality, not necessarily the drug.
My good friend passed away earlier this year in similar circumstances. Really sad and also scary
Play with fire, you get burned. Everyone knows the dangers of drugs by now and still some will make a choice to continue taking them. I have limited sympathy – feel sorry for his mum mostly.
What a vague and unhelpful statement. Which recreational drugs caused his death, or was he taking all the recreational drugs at once? I would guess it was coke as it’s well-known to cause heart problems (or at least, it should be).
Sad for his mum, but further prohibition helps no-one. Making drugs as safe as possible, difficult to access for teens, with opportunities for those who want to quit to do so without judgement or punitive effects to their life. Countries which treat drug addiction as a healthcare issue rather than a criminal one do much better with their citizens’ drug use.
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And this is why drugs needs to decriminalised or legalised.
People are going to take drugs recreationally. Doctors take drugs recreationally. Barristers take drugs recreationally. Members of Parliament take drugs recreationally.
The more we push drugs underground, the harder it is maintain consistent standards. No one to batches of drugs are ever the same and that’s what makes it dangerous.
I hope that one of the results of this inquest is an investigation into this side of the illegal drugs.
We really need to regulate these drugs instead of just banning them and hoping the problem will go away.
The demand is just too high to stop the supply, most drug users don’t ever suffer any negative consequences from their use, and so they often don’t see the potential dangers.
We need to legalise a lot of these substances so they are uncut, dosed consistently, and safer to use, make sure they are sold with clear warnings, and routinely inspect vendors to make sure they are not selling to anyone underage/selling unsafe products.
Trying to just ban drugs is like trying to ban blowjobs, it’s simply never going to work.
There’s no chance cocaine will be made legal. The drug is altered way too much from its natural form.
Sorry but are we to assume he took a cocktail of drugs?
No where do I see it listed what he actually took, it’s always just “recreational drugs” which is a compound terms for just about anything that is available on the streets, be it 2bc, DMT, Meth whatever.
Yes her message is really heart felt and selfless but the articles regarding this continuously mention “recreational drugs” in the plural.
Yes it’s a shame but the bigger shame is that recreational drugs on the whole need to be regulated, taxed and controlled, We can have millions of discussions, focus groups and conversations about them but the reality is we need to drop the black market, legalise and control them.
You’re not gonna stop people taking them, we’ve tried for a century and every nation failed except those who legalised and controlled them.
It’s sad that he died but there is an element of personal responsibility here that this sub likes to ignore. Jamal chose to take those drugs, funding the violence on our streets and the violence overseas caused by drug traffickers.
Some of the comments here are mildly irritating. I work a nightclub and cokeheads are the most irritatingly aggressive pricks I have to deal with. People turn up jittery and off their tits on pills and powders, and if they don’t get turned away at the door (and instantly fly into a rage) they start fights or fucking collapse inside.
I fucking hate cocaine users in particular and the idea of it being legalised really annoys me.
Was he a smack head?
Maybe I’ve just got a black and white stance on the whole thing but to me, if you want to play with fire you’re gonna get burnt.
Commenters here saying coked up people are all aggro and violent. But my mates and I used coke a fair bit back in the day and were never like that.
Probably because we were polite people anyway. If anything we were just more intensely well mannered. Using way too many “thank yous” and “sorry mate” when not needed.
I’ve also had lots of obviously coked up people talk to me on nights out. They were never violent. Just friendly and very chatty. But I imagine if a wrong ‘in was coked up they’d be quite ugly.
I think it has to do with the personality, not necessarily the drug.
My good friend passed away earlier this year in similar circumstances. Really sad and also scary
Play with fire, you get burned. Everyone knows the dangers of drugs by now and still some will make a choice to continue taking them. I have limited sympathy – feel sorry for his mum mostly.
What a vague and unhelpful statement. Which recreational drugs caused his death, or was he taking all the recreational drugs at once? I would guess it was coke as it’s well-known to cause heart problems (or at least, it should be).
Sad for his mum, but further prohibition helps no-one. Making drugs as safe as possible, difficult to access for teens, with opportunities for those who want to quit to do so without judgement or punitive effects to their life. Countries which treat drug addiction as a healthcare issue rather than a criminal one do much better with their citizens’ drug use.