Does severity reduce crime?

[IT Minion]

The article said that illicit drug use and associated crime had reduced by 98%as a result of the trial.
It is not hard to work out that if you give an addict free drugs they may not need to go out and steal to get the cash to buy drugs, but that isn't the point is it.
Long term drug abuse is damaging both physically and psychologically, instead of helping addicts to kill themselves, the state should be helping these people to become drug free and healthy.

You're right, if, we could do that then that'd be even better. But since we can't, this seems to be an improvement on what we are doing.

 

[transam]

Chairman Mao had a massive opium addict problem when he took over in China

He solved it

He had em all shot

 

[JohnD]

Chairman Mao had a massive opium addict problem when he took over in China

Caused by Britain invading China and forcing it to accept opium exported by the British Empire.

China had previously banned it.

The resulting widespread addiction and economic damage did China no good at all.

 

[transam]

Caused by Britain invading China and forcing it to accept opium exported by the British Empire.

China had previously banned it.

The resulting widespread addiction and economic damage did China no good at all.

Be that as it may

Mao sorted it out

 

[IT Minion]

Chairman Mao had a massive opium addict problem when he took over in China

He solved it

He had em all shot

Ah, the mass murder option, always a crowd pleaser.

 

[EddieM]

OOI how did the British empire force China to accept Opium if there was no market / desire for the substance? Was it used as payment for something?

 

[jacko555]

OOI how did the British empire force China to accept Opium if there was no market / desire for the substance? Was it used as payment for something?

Tea. East India Company

 

[EddieM]

Tea. East India Company

Ah ok, I see.

 

[transam]

Ah, the mass murder option, always a crowd pleaser.

Dunno tbh

But to sort this drug problem one needs to take extreme measures. Nothing else will work

So that leaves 2 options

1 shoot em. All Difficult in a democracy people would get up. Set
Or

2 legalise the drugs

My preference would be to legalise it

 

[IT Minion]

Dunno tbh

But to sort this drug problem one needs to take extreme measures. Nothing else will work

So that leaves 2 options

1 shoot em. All Difficult in a democracy people would get up. Set
Or

2 legalise the drugs

My preference would be to legalise it

Killing people doesn't work that well anyway.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippine_Drug_War

But there's way more than two options, we just seem to be stuck with prohibition because no one in power is willing to try anything else.

 

[transam]

Carry on as usual than

 

[transam]

Heroin production in ahfganistan has dramically increased

Since solar panels became widely available



Green heroin the agfaghans have reduced there carbon foot print

 

[transam]

Blimey they should put that on the packaging

Product of ahfganistan grown by using solar energy

Zero carbon

Do yer bit for the environment buy ahfaghan

 

[IT Minion]

Heroin production in ahfganistan has dramically increased

Since solar panels became widely available



Green heroin the agfaghans have reduced there carbon foot print

It is an entertaining bit of news. But if you're interested in the ecological and ethical supply chain of your fix then it's a step in the right direction.

 

[transam]

It is an entertaining bit of news. But if you're interested in the ecological and ethical supply chain of your fix then it's a step in the right direction.

Thats what I say

Heroin addicts need to be made aware of
This

Get yer drugs from the mad mullahs should be the slogan