Middle England voters would never go for something as drastic as legalising drugs. I matter what the evidence says.
Pubs are struggling, legalise coffee shops and use tax to sort NHS, schools, and policing
my local paper had a story couple of days ago.
Half of all attempted murders were drug related.
Now if they were legalised/decrimalised surely thats half of all attempted murders gone.
Didnt read the full story because the website for my local paper is just shit with pop ups and stuff, but the point remains, police overstretched, prisons full, start with weed, legalise and go from there.
You mean he wants to open some ‘Virgin rehabilitation clinics’…
Well Branson spent millions trying to get high, so he should know.
Portland is a great example of what happens when drugs are legalised. Even Portugal is having problems with it now.
Legalising weed may have some benefits, but there is no way all drugs should be legalised.
Do we actually believe that former prosecuter Starmer would ever do such a thing? No chance
The war was never fought and I don’t blame people for thinking that our police are hit and miss over it.
The fix:
* Capital punishment for dealers and those found trafficking
* Create guilt by association laws for friends of those caught in possession, to be followed up with wealth based fines and imprisonment for repeat offences.
* Most importantly, drug test our politicians and associates regularly
I’m not pro drugs, but yeah, it’s obvious that the whole approach doesn’t work
He’s right in this case but generally not interested in what billionaires think or feel, thanks LBC.
My issue is that I never like the idea of making something legal just because it is too difficult to keep it illegal. Just feels like waving a white flag.
I still think there are genuine reasons why a lot of this stuff was illegal in the first place.
I fully support funding programmes that help to intervene at an early stage and in such scenarios being less punishing on people struggling with addiction or feeling prostitution is their only option. But we should go hard on drug gangs and those who force women into prostitution.
Sometimes I feel people believe that making these things legal will transform them overnight. Like we would have a mcBrothel full of happy women with health benefits and pensions. But the reality would be more akin to people who pock fruit and veg on horrible modern day slavery style conditions but with no longer any recourse to the law. Amsterdam still has a horrible problem with people trafficking.
And no the modern slavery crime act is no protection and has not resulted in many convictions as it is very hard to prove.
Billionaire, detached from reality has opinions. I’ll pass thanks.
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Middle England voters would never go for something as drastic as legalising drugs. I matter what the evidence says.
Pubs are struggling, legalise coffee shops and use tax to sort NHS, schools, and policing
my local paper had a story couple of days ago.
Half of all attempted murders were drug related.
Now if they were legalised/decrimalised surely thats half of all attempted murders gone.
Didnt read the full story because the website for my local paper is just shit with pop ups and stuff, but the point remains, police overstretched, prisons full, start with weed, legalise and go from there.
You mean he wants to open some ‘Virgin rehabilitation clinics’…
Well Branson spent millions trying to get high, so he should know.
Portland is a great example of what happens when drugs are legalised. Even Portugal is having problems with it now.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/07/07/portugal-drugs-decriminalization-heroin-crack/
Legalising weed may have some benefits, but there is no way all drugs should be legalised.
Do we actually believe that former prosecuter Starmer would ever do such a thing? No chance
The war was never fought and I don’t blame people for thinking that our police are hit and miss over it.
The fix:
* Capital punishment for dealers and those found trafficking
* Create guilt by association laws for friends of those caught in possession, to be followed up with wealth based fines and imprisonment for repeat offences.
* Most importantly, drug test our politicians and associates regularly
I’m not pro drugs, but yeah, it’s obvious that the whole approach doesn’t work
He’s right in this case but generally not interested in what billionaires think or feel, thanks LBC.
My issue is that I never like the idea of making something legal just because it is too difficult to keep it illegal. Just feels like waving a white flag.
I still think there are genuine reasons why a lot of this stuff was illegal in the first place.
I fully support funding programmes that help to intervene at an early stage and in such scenarios being less punishing on people struggling with addiction or feeling prostitution is their only option. But we should go hard on drug gangs and those who force women into prostitution.
Sometimes I feel people believe that making these things legal will transform them overnight. Like we would have a mcBrothel full of happy women with health benefits and pensions. But the reality would be more akin to people who pock fruit and veg on horrible modern day slavery style conditions but with no longer any recourse to the law. Amsterdam still has a horrible problem with people trafficking.
And no the modern slavery crime act is no protection and has not resulted in many convictions as it is very hard to prove.
Billionaire, detached from reality has opinions. I’ll pass thanks.