Snoop, ban, tax, control!
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I think the point is that instead of slamming people in prison and just banning things even when you have no idea what they are is a stupid idea. What is needed is education and awareness as to what taking things like this could entail. It's not hard to grasp the logic of that even for someone like you dbp
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Oh well , lets just get government to test out every single possible combination of elixirs possible before putting them out there , it'll sure to cost no more than a couple bob to the tax payer and be ready next Tuesday ....
You're off your rocker , seriously
Theres little point in producing a legal high , where is the fun in that
You're off your rocker , seriously
Theres little point in producing a legal high , where is the fun in that
and you point of the fact drugs are ilegal making them more appealing, well that fits perfectly with my opinion of legalising drugs in general
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I think the point is that instead of slamming people in prison and just banning things even when you have no idea what they are is a stupid idea. What is needed is education and awareness as to what taking things like this could entail. It's not hard to grasp the logic of that even for someone like you dbp
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Indirectly cannabis is taxed, over the years ive been nicked for having cannabis on me 4 times, the first time was a slap on the wrist the other 3 times have resulted in court appearances and ended with me receiving a fine, generally its 50 quid but i suppose that all depends on the amounts of cannabis found. Theoretically they still make money from cannabis but not from the sale of it etc as i reckon they dont want to be seen as encouraging it.
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Well it's been a couple of weeks since Cameron was voted in by those who are dumb enough to entrust the country to a man like him and already we have yet more snooping laws (as if we aren't already snooped on enough) and this morning this little gem:
Legal highs: Seven-year jail terms under 'blanket ban'
The premise here is basically we can't be bothered to find out if a substance is actually bad for you so we are just going to bang you up for getting high!
I wonder if this will extend to alcohol. By rights it should!
Welcome to the police state you all voted for!
Legal highs: Seven-year jail terms under 'blanket ban'
The premise here is basically we can't be bothered to find out if a substance is actually bad for you so we are just going to bang you up for getting high!
I wonder if this will extend to alcohol. By rights it should!
Welcome to the police state you all voted for!
And quite right too banning these so called legal high's.
If you need drugs to have a good time, then you're a boring **** to start with.
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i take it you are refering to people that go to the pub for a pint as well?
and are you saying that boring ***** should be criminalised ? is that the point you are making ?
and should alcahol be banned in your opinion as well then ? and because it means they are boring ***** and have no right to do as they please ?
and some of the most interesting people i have met were tripping on acid , they were not boring at all
and are you saying that boring ***** should be criminalised ? is that the point you are making ?
and should alcahol be banned in your opinion as well then ? and because it means they are boring ***** and have no right to do as they please ?
and some of the most interesting people i have met were tripping on acid , they were not boring at all
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In the context of a criminal justice landscape where known, existing narcotics are all already illegal, it's hard to see what other choice any government would have than to bring in a ban of this kind. Yes, it may well be true that without criminalization of those conventional narcotics there'd effectively be no or very little market at all for what gets sold as legal highs now, but conversely, it's quite a stretch to believe that if people started inventing legal highs in an imaginary world where conventional narcotics had never existed, the practice wouldn't very soon be banned then also.
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There are plenty of examples of illegal drugs being cut with other chemicals or poisons to bulk out the product, for greed. There's nothing to say that an unregulated 'legal' high doesn't contain arsenic for example. Would you risk taking this stuff that has come from China without any testing?
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I think it's a stupid idea to take substances that you don't know what is in it or what it will do to you.
There are plenty of examples of illegal drugs being cut with other chemicals or poisons to bulk out the product, for greed. There's nothing to say that an unregulated 'legal' high doesn't contain arsenic for example. Would you risk taking this stuff that has come from China without any testing?
There are plenty of examples of illegal drugs being cut with other chemicals or poisons to bulk out the product, for greed. There's nothing to say that an unregulated 'legal' high doesn't contain arsenic for example. Would you risk taking this stuff that has come from China without any testing?
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The government can (and does) stop unregulated shops from selling counterfeit and potentially noxious alcohol and tobacco products at knock-down prices to anyone regardless of age. If they didn't, it would only encourage more of the least-responsible people in society to consume tobacco and alcohol products in even more irresponsible amounts. Are you saying that would be a good thing?
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You're coming across quite aggressive F1 , maybe you should have a spliff .
It does have me wondering , I know youre always quite vehement but
Are you liable to lose out financially if this goes ahead
It does have me wondering , I know youre always quite vehement but
Are you liable to lose out financially if this goes ahead
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The government can (and does) stop unregulated shops from selling counterfeit and potentially noxious alcohol and tobacco products at knock-down prices to anyone regardless of age. If they didn't, it would only encourage more of the least-responsible people in society to consume tobacco and alcohol products in even more irresponsible amounts. Are you saying that would be a good thing?
Oh and don't kid yourself that government are on some altruistic mission when they seize so called counterfeit tobacco and alcohol.... they are losing money that is why they do it... plain and simple!
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Really can't see its an accusation. !!!?
You seem have a lot time to spare , maybe you run place on the highstreet where you can get this stuff. ( for all I know )
There's certainly a number in Brighton here , in fact the national news were in this last week .
Opinions were divided
You seem have a lot time to spare , maybe you run place on the highstreet where you can get this stuff. ( for all I know )
There's certainly a number in Brighton here , in fact the national news were in this last week .
Opinions were divided
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You can't? Come on, don't try and wriggle now. You said this:
What else could you possibly mean? Anyway I asked for a yes or no answer so which is it?
Yes you think I deal drugs (legal or otherwise). Or... no you don't?
As I asked earlier why don't you stop trying to second guess me. You know nothing about me or what I do and I wouldn't post the same hypothesising about you... mainly as I couldn't give a f**k what you do!
What else could you possibly mean? Anyway I asked for a yes or no answer so which is it?
Yes you think I deal drugs (legal or otherwise). Or... no you don't?
As I asked earlier why don't you stop trying to second guess me. You know nothing about me or what I do and I wouldn't post the same hypothesising about you... mainly as I couldn't give a f**k what you do!
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If an adult wants to get high then let them! Educate people and let them make their own decisions! That's how it is supposed to work with alcohol and tobacco, but it seems to a be a different set of rules for anything that the government haven't worked out how to tax.
Oh and don't kid yourself that government are on some altruistic mission when they seize so called counterfeit tobacco and alcohol.... they are losing money that is why they do it... plain and simple!
Oh and don't kid yourself that government are on some altruistic mission when they seize so called counterfeit tobacco and alcohol.... they are losing money that is why they do it... plain and simple!
Bottom-line, just because the better solution to the problem overall would undoubtedly be to decriminalize and regulate conventional/traditional narcotics, that doesn't mean the next-best option is to sit back and do nothing about it at all, if the former isn't on the table.
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In an ideal world, consenting adults would be allowed to intoxicate themselves with anything they like, so long as it causes no harm or inconvenience to others, that I don't disagree with. Unfortunately though we're not living in one, and pretty much as a direct result of that the legal highs industry has developed and expanded at a far greater pace and scope than it ever would have if we were, and because of that, right now the authorities are completely powerless to stop anyone from making a fast buck selling the stuff to anyone including school-kids. You can add to the mix also the fact that due to the very nature of that industry, the substances being peddled are to a great extent unknown quantities, and it's therefore a technical impossibility for anyone to educate themselves properly on their effects.
Bottom-line, just because the better solution to the problem overall would undoubtedly be to decriminalize and regulate conventional/traditional narcotics, that doesn't mean the next-best option is to sit back and do nothing about it at all, if the former isn't on the table.
Bottom-line, just because the better solution to the problem overall would undoubtedly be to decriminalize and regulate conventional/traditional narcotics, that doesn't mean the next-best option is to sit back and do nothing about it at all, if the former isn't on the table.
PS Education - I meant in the more general sense, not specific drug by drug
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It could of course be a result of poverty and desperation but in Bucharest the druggies were "happily" shooting up with the cheaper synthetic heroin substitute, 7 times as often as the real thing . More readily available