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Originally Posted by garinda
I worked with charities trying to help street sex workers.
Most of whom were forced into that work to feed drug addictions.
Wouldn't describe their drug intake as being particularly 'recreational'.
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I hope you had success.
In the sex industry from what I have seen on TV a lot will be trafficked and forced to take dependant drugs to create that addiction/dependency, maybe having never touched drugs ever.
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Originally Posted by garinda
Prople take recreational drugs for a high.
Soon the body gets used to what you take.
The high is lessened.
Some people, in order to recreate that initial euphoria, will increase the amount of drug dose, or move on to other, stronger drugs.
This is a fact.
People who become addicted to alcohol just drink more.
There's no 'harder' alcohol to move on to, for a better high.
There is hand gel, and meths.
But they're normally used by the desperate.
Not because they'll make you more drunk.
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Some people, commit murder and other nasty crimes, most things can be said as some people.
The high inst always lessened and you need to take more for some people.
Some people become very nasty when drunk.
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Originally Posted by garinda
I've known alcoholics, and those addicted to caffeine, or tobacco, hold down full time jobs, and more or lesss carry on as a fuctioning member of society.
I've yet to meet a smack head, capable of pulling it off.
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I would agree, I have also known people who smoke cannabis regular old down full time jobs, and more or lesss carry on as a fuctioning member of society.
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Originally Posted by Less
You could put forward an argument against the potato, if that had been introduced now, the toxins would make it illegal.
As it is, however way back into the past we have used that particular stimulant/depressant (alcohol), to aid the majority through life.
Someone mentioned X number of deaths from drunk drivers were they drunk? Or maybe the police couldn't detect the narcotics and had to blame it on booze?
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A good point, but if there is a death would they not carry out a blood test.
My main point is drugs can get tarred with the same brush, IMO cannabis is the only drug I would wish to be decriminalised, I don't agree with legalisation.
Sensible laws/acts to save police time & money and many other benefits to the user and society if sense was applied.
All other substances, I feel a free check service should be in force (not sure if there is already one?) and laws again looked at per drug type and its impact to society. Not just labelled by class
You will never win taking on the users, this is just revenue generation.
Truth is drugs will never go away as there is to much high end money at stake. The war will never be over, some one somewhere will find something to alter the way you feel. (example plant food).