I find intelligent debate extremely captivating, it's amazing how a skew off the facts can almost totally influence the accepted opinion on something.
The Times demonstrated this with a classic advert to illustrate their impartial reporting and a recent Economist campaign used a similar concept.
I recently read an article which made me rethink my opinion on wether weed should be legalised.
Consider some of the facts. Alcohol kills 40,000 people a year, affects many more and keeps the police busy 24/7.
Let's not even talk about cigarettes.
So why are they still both legal? There's a simple answer: cash money.
The modern capitalist world probably couldn't cope with the removal of these, pubs would be useless and ugly people would no longer get laid.
A major reason it's unlikely weed won't be legalised is politicians pandering to the unliberal Daily Mail brigade. They'd never have it. Even if the PM believed it to be the right decision would he risk losing power to make it happen.
Policing the drug problem has never really stopped it and is arguably for lower class drugs like weed a massive waste of taxpayer money, besides who ever got high and started a fight. Prohibition practically made Al Capone, by keeping weed illegal w'ere just giving a source of income to gangsters.
If for no other reason than the cash money we should legalise weed. It could be just what the world economy needs. In America alone a Harvard study shows the legalisation of weed would raise $7bn and save $13bn on wasted police and prison time.
In November there'll be a referendum on the legalisation and taxation of weed in California. It'll be interesting to see how this affects the wider world.
How do you feel about weed now?
coming from an ex weedsmoker, I cannot begin to explain how bad an idea legalising weed in THIS country is, we are living in hard times, the current economic climate requires us to do more for less, work harder and be more productive, I think we already have our fair share of layabouts, do you think the British will be able to enjoy a spliff like the french enjoy a glass of wine? You know how we like a bit of excess, can you imagine going out the office for a cheeky spliff and coming back to do what? 'Uhhh...i forgot'. Ever heard the track 'because I got high' by afro man, there is a very valid message in this track, listen to it. Legalising weed may make money in tax and sales but we could possibly be opening up a can of worms here.
ReplyDeleteTrue the british love excess and it's a very valid point, but then look at Portugal weed has been decriminalised andd they have one of the lowest drug usages in Europe.
ReplyDeletePotheads are always going to be potheads and it's not as though it's not easy to buy weed now?