my opinion is that all "soft" drugs should be legalised and "hard" drugs decriminalised.....contingent on it being a part of a wider European agenda that is....
utilitarianism is a bit of a dirty word in politics - but purely on a societal cost/benefit analysis this would seem to offer the best outcome -
drugs can be much more readily controlled in terms of quality
Tax revenues can be reinvested wholly into health, addiction support, drugs awareness
There is a much greater potential support network for addicts
Drug money is taken out of the hands of criminal gangs
Strict controls could still be employed on which licensed premises could sell drugs, what they could sell etc. and stringent enforcement would still be possible for those dealing outside the regulations.
There would, i think be undoubtably be some negative impacts on society - but overall i think it would provide a net beneft....
it's not going to happen though....
