Are we ready for a Debate on "drugs"?

national | public consultation / irish social forum | news report

Saturday July 26, 2003 16:46

by the ipsiphi - all of us. black red green white block together.

A poster has appeared on a Dublin street and has provoked reaction on today's newswire.

with editorial tolerance I presume to place some questions relating to the Drugs Issue.

Q. what do we wish to "de-criminalise".
Q. what do we wish to "legalise".
Q. what do we wish to do with those who sell Crack?
Q. what do we do for those who have taken Crack?
Q. how do we explain the difference between Cannabis and Crack?
Q. how do we explain the difference between narcotics and cannabis?
Q. what do we have to say about cultivation?
Q. what do we think of possesion?
Q. what do we think about importation?
Q. what do we think about fabrication?
Q. what do we think about the role of the state?
Q. what do we think about the role of community groups?
Q. what do we think of the role of the Health authorities?
Q. what do we think of the simple proposition that "Drug use is a Health issue not a Criminal Issue".
Q. what do we think of the simple fact that most petty crime is related to problem drug use?
Q. what do we think of the simple fact that most in ourovercrowded prisons are problem drug users?
Q. what do we have to say about the link between prostitution and problem drug use?
Q. what do we have to say about the link between problem drug use and re-offending?
Q. what do we have to say about company drug testing?
Q. what do we have to say about school drug testing?
Q. what do we have to say about drug offender's permanent criminal records?
Q. what do we have to say about rave parties?
Q. what do we have to say about cultivation of opium?
Q. what do we ahve to say about transgenetic canabis being sold to sufferers of selected illnesses?
Q. to which other country do we look for precedent and inspiration?
Q. did Amsterdam tolerance work?
Q. did NYC zero tolerance work?
Q. did the anarcho-police experiment of canabis tolerance in Brixton 2000-2002 work?
Q. did the Swiss approach work?
Q. did the Swedish approach work?
Q. are the distinctions of "soft to hard" understood, relevant, truthful?
Q. is the research data on Ecstasy use freely available and reported and diffused in a non political way?
Q. should ecstasy users be allowed free quality testing?

I could go on.
I hope _everyone_ does.
Thanks to Paul Cummins for his photograph of a poster which says the Left would "legalise" Crack.
Thanks to all those who have worked to keep Dublin free of hard drug addiction.

http://narconews.com
http://ecstasy.org
http://garda.ie

***& my disclaimer for it is true and well known that I see no wrong in non problem drug use:
http://www.indymedia.ie/newswire.php?story_id=23674&search_text=apology

can we have a debate?
photos provided by Paul Cummins at link.