British doctors are calling for the decriminalization of all drugs, including marijuana

[RKP5637]

Excellent approach!!!

https://www.consumeraffairs.com/news/british-doctors-are-calling-for-the-decriminalization-of-all-drugs-including-marijuana-051418.html

While the research community continues to debate the medical benefits of illegal drugs like marijuana, doctors and researchers in the United Kingdom say that decriminalizing drugs is necessary to protect the public’s health, no matter how healthy or harmful such substances might prove to be.

Most recently, The British Medical Journal, one of the oldest and most-cited peer-reviewed research publications in the United States and England, has formally called for ending criminal charges on non-violent drug users and legalizing and regulating drugs for recreational or medical use.

“The BMJ is firmly behind efforts to legalize, regulate, and tax the sale of drugs for recreational and medicinal use,” says a piece signed by the journal’s editor-in-chief Dr. Fiona Godlee. “This is an issue on which doctors can and should make their voices heard.”

[dameatball]

1. God save the Queen!!!!!

[lapfog_1]

2. I had some gastrointestinal pain a few years ago

never diagnosed. The ER doc gave me super duper antacid... I threw it up. Then he gave me a script for Vicodin. No more pain...

Scary good drug. I never want to do anymore Vicodin in my life. I do not believe it should be available for recreational use. Way too easy for someone to be hooked on it.

Just my opinion.

[USALiberal]

4. You know the article is about decriminalization, correct? nt

[lapfog_1]

7. Yes, I read past the title of the post

"called for ending criminal charges on non-violent drug users and legalizing and regulating drugs for recreational or medical use."

There are many drugs that shouldn't be given to anyone, recreational or medical.

Other safer drugs are available, including MJ.

Again, just my opinion.

[iscooterliberally]

9. In my opinion adults over the age of 21 ought to be able to get vicodin without a script.

There ought to be a limit as to how much someone could buy from their pharmacy in the same way we already buy sudafed. I would rather see people buy that as opposed to street heroin which is what is happening now. If an alcoholic falls off the wagon they can walk into a bar or a liquor store and they know the alcohol they are buying isn't cut with fentanyl or rat poison or who knows what. I've been on pain meds for a long time and have been physically dependent on them in the past. It wasn't fun withdrawing from them, but I would take that over some of the hangovers that I have had. I'm not on pain meds anymore though. Just the occasional Aleve or Advil. I think we over regulate the safer substances and leave a giant vacuum to be filled by criminals. The controlled substances act of 1970 handed all the control over to organized crime.

[iscooterliberally]

3. US drug laws have been written from positions of both ignorance and outright malice.

These laws aren't designed to help anyone. They are only meant to punish people. We have an opiate crises because of our drug laws, not in spite of them.

[RKP5637]

8. Exactly!!! As usual, the US often brings on all of the crap and problems because often our

politicians are pure idiots and some are in it for illegal profiteering IMO.

[BigmanPigman]

5. Does this include drugs like Ecstasy, LSD,

and other hallucinogens or just medical drugs?

[RKP5637]

6. It looks to me like all drugs would still be controlled and regulated, they are just not doing these

inane punitive measures like the US.

[msongs]

10. well we cant have half the LEO racketeers losing their jobs now can we? they might

have to find some other line of work.