Good anyway the middle to upper class don’t have to step foot in those grubby areas.
No shit
The rich do the crime, the poor do the time.
Cocaine fuelling the middle and upper middle classes. The dirty scumbags.
Government policy fueling violent crime
Such a pointless and boring drug but hey each to their own. It’s very unfair that those who are well off and caught in possession of cocaine tend to get the old ‘he’s a good old chap just blowing off some steam’ treatment.
The middle and upper classes do most of the drugs, the working and under classes suffer most of the consequences.
True. Compounding this though is our policy towards drugs, which also helps fuel violent crime.
Also fueled by the states’ failed judicial system.
Violent offenders are repeatedly given suspended sentences. It’s easy to make excuses. The government will blame everyone except themselves.
Helen McEntee et al. are fuelling violent crime.
Someone needs to come out with Fairtrade Cocaine.
*Illegality of cocaine fuelling violent crime* – fixed the headline
High society indeed. The government need to put emergency measures in place to support the ‘squeezed middle’, those who cannot reasonably afford to maintain a cocaine habit in the Ireland of 2024.
Solid journalism there boyos
Prohibition never works
So legalize it and this problem is eliminated.
As if drug use is some kind of new thing or something. If it wasn’t cocaine use it would be the use of some other drug “fueling violent crime” that the government has prohibited.
I have to laugh at these kinds of headlines from the media and statements that are made by gardai and politicians for one, trying to shift the blame of violent crime on to the public for their own failures and two, thinking these kinds of statements won’t fall on deaf ears.
People have been seeking ways to alter their minds and brain chemistry through the use of drugs for millennia. This is human nature and that’s likely to never change anytime soon, but could be reduced if the issue of drug use was handled properly. What actually fuels a lot of violent crime is creating a black market for these substances through prohibition. Not to mention causing more deaths and harm by people taking unregulated and bad quality drugs.
Bottom line: Using the same old condescending rethoric and played out language, telling the public that drugs are bad and they shouldn’t do them, locking people up and trying to make people feel guilty for being a drug user has never worked and its unrealistic to think this will ever work. Regulation and harm reduction is key.
> It’s no longer the case that people have to travel to particular areas to source their drugs, they now buy through various social media apps
I look forward to the “Smartphone use by literally everybody fueling child slave labour” headline.
Legalise is a daft argument. Where are the legal dispensaries supposed to get the product? The cocaine trade is entirely in the hands of violent cartels. How is a normal business person supposed to deal with these people without getting extorted or murdered?
Synthetic cocaine? Nobody will tough that shite while the real deal is still out there.
When will governments get it right and go in the other direction! All drugs should be legalised, there is no other way to fixing this problem.
I use to use coke and pills when I was younger, but haven’t touched it for more than 15 years and would genuinely fear for my children doing the same. Coke used to be mixed with a bit of speed in the past to make it go further and pills with ketamine and various others. Today, it is fentanyl and worse. Total death sentence if mixed incorrectly and how would you know unless you get to test it beforehand. The number of accidental overdose deaths is sky rocketing.
Alcohol used to be illegal 100 years ago and that can be abused and frequently is, so is so much else, where do we draw the line. Legalise drugs and take the profits away from criminal gangs trading in so much misery into a taxed and regulated industry with money invested back into education and rehabiliation facilities. Billions and more importantly, many lives, would be saved.
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Legalise and regulate. Problem solved.
Good anyway the middle to upper class don’t have to step foot in those grubby areas.
No shit
The rich do the crime, the poor do the time.
Cocaine fuelling the middle and upper middle classes. The dirty scumbags.
Government policy fueling violent crime
Such a pointless and boring drug but hey each to their own. It’s very unfair that those who are well off and caught in possession of cocaine tend to get the old ‘he’s a good old chap just blowing off some steam’ treatment.
The middle and upper classes do most of the drugs, the working and under classes suffer most of the consequences.
True. Compounding this though is our policy towards drugs, which also helps fuel violent crime.
Also fueled by the states’ failed judicial system.
Violent offenders are repeatedly given suspended sentences. It’s easy to make excuses. The government will blame everyone except themselves.
Helen McEntee et al. are fuelling violent crime.
Someone needs to come out with Fairtrade Cocaine.
*Illegality of cocaine fuelling violent crime* – fixed the headline
High society indeed. The government need to put emergency measures in place to support the ‘squeezed middle’, those who cannot reasonably afford to maintain a cocaine habit in the Ireland of 2024.
Solid journalism there boyos
Prohibition never works
So legalize it and this problem is eliminated.
As if drug use is some kind of new thing or something. If it wasn’t cocaine use it would be the use of some other drug “fueling violent crime” that the government has prohibited.
I have to laugh at these kinds of headlines from the media and statements that are made by gardai and politicians for one, trying to shift the blame of violent crime on to the public for their own failures and two, thinking these kinds of statements won’t fall on deaf ears.
People have been seeking ways to alter their minds and brain chemistry through the use of drugs for millennia. This is human nature and that’s likely to never change anytime soon, but could be reduced if the issue of drug use was handled properly. What actually fuels a lot of violent crime is creating a black market for these substances through prohibition. Not to mention causing more deaths and harm by people taking unregulated and bad quality drugs.
Bottom line: Using the same old condescending rethoric and played out language, telling the public that drugs are bad and they shouldn’t do them, locking people up and trying to make people feel guilty for being a drug user has never worked and its unrealistic to think this will ever work. Regulation and harm reduction is key.
> It’s no longer the case that people have to travel to particular areas to source their drugs, they now buy through various social media apps
I need to upgrade my shopping habits
Everything except immigration fuelling violent crime
I look forward to the “Smartphone use by literally everybody fueling child slave labour” headline.
Legalise is a daft argument. Where are the legal dispensaries supposed to get the product? The cocaine trade is entirely in the hands of violent cartels. How is a normal business person supposed to deal with these people without getting extorted or murdered?
Synthetic cocaine? Nobody will tough that shite while the real deal is still out there.
When will governments get it right and go in the other direction! All drugs should be legalised, there is no other way to fixing this problem.
I use to use coke and pills when I was younger, but haven’t touched it for more than 15 years and would genuinely fear for my children doing the same. Coke used to be mixed with a bit of speed in the past to make it go further and pills with ketamine and various others. Today, it is fentanyl and worse. Total death sentence if mixed incorrectly and how would you know unless you get to test it beforehand. The number of accidental overdose deaths is sky rocketing.
Alcohol used to be illegal 100 years ago and that can be abused and frequently is, so is so much else, where do we draw the line. Legalise drugs and take the profits away from criminal gangs trading in so much misery into a taxed and regulated industry with money invested back into education and rehabiliation facilities. Billions and more importantly, many lives, would be saved.
Illegality of cocaine fuelling violent crime