In 1971 Parliament passed the Misuse of Drugs act which made the non-medical use of certain drugs illegal. The act classified the drugs into 3 penalty categories. Class A: Cocaine, crack, ecstasy, heroin, LSD, methadone, methamphetamine and magic mushrooms. Penalty: 6 Months to Life Class B: Amphetimine, barbiturates, codeine, ketamine, synthetic cannabinoids, mephedrone, methylone, methedrone and MDPV. Penalty: 3 Months to 14 Years. Class C: Anabolic steroids, benzodiazepines, GBL and GHB, khat and BZP. Penalty: 3 Months to 14 Years.
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No, but money should be put towards rehabilitation and drugs such as marijuana should be legal as it is less harmful than legal drugs such as alcohol
Yes and improve education on drugs so people know what they’re getting into
@8R6TZDG4yrs4Y
Yes, and make more support available for people with drug addictions.
Recreational drugs should be trialled on their own merits and impacts to society. Blanket legalisation of even most drugs is likely to end badly.
@9QMBMB79mos9MO
Yes, but dealing drugs should be punish harshly and force people that take drugs to get off it in a professional setting.
Yes for most, not all drugs. And retroactively REMOVE sentences for those already serving time, then give them compensation for their conviction.
@9Q5Q6B29mos9MO
Yes, but with funding for addiction treatment and greater restrictions on drug use, including smoking, in public
Yes for personal use, not for supply. It should be regulated like alcohol and tobacco. Access for those addict and those needing help should be increased
Decriminalise marijuana use and release those in prison for those charges currently. And also add more funding for drug addiction
Yes but not all drugs and increase funding in rehab, there should be strict regulations in place around amount able to purchase
No but I think educating people is a must, there should be extra funding for addiction prevention and rehab as addition is an illness and more should be done to investigate the benefits of cannabis as this has been proven to help people and the plants history is endless with what it offers
Yes, but stipulate use only in private (or specifically set-aside) spaces so that those who do not want to encounter drug use in public do not have to.
Legalise marijuana like in California where it can be purchased from a dispensary. Other drugs should remain illegal but only those selling should be prosecuted.
Yes, though each drug needs to establish what is a personal amount and what amount is considered a dealer.
Tax the dealers so clinics can be set up for both safe usage and disposal of drug paraphernalia, and support for people wishing to quit.
Also retroactively reduce the existing sentences.
Yes I’m in favour of decriminalising and de stigmatising drug use, whilst supporting the idea of increasing funding for drug addiction and rehabilitation.
Drugs should be regulated based on their impact, and benift vs damage and the way they are being used.
@9LQMDG911mos11MO
yes, I feel that drug abuse should be managed as a mental and physical health problem where the individual should not be punished but instead helped to find a way of drugs, which is tailored to the individual's situation and behaviour limitations. I am al for punishing criminals who are profiting off unclean, unregulated drugs including big corporations like big pharma should be penalised heavily if they are putting people at greater risk of harm than necessary in the aim if gaining more profit. also a new way to educate everyone about the use of long-term drug abuse which may include all types of drugs recreational and medical. To teach everything in moderation. Conduct more studies into long term drug use benefits and risks.
@9LNFM9Z11mos11MO
most drugs including alcohol and class A and B, marijuana should be legalised for medicinal and recreational use
Yes, but only with a whole range of other reforms around education, safe use spaces, addiction treatment and - perhaps most importantly - ensuring alternative forms of recreation, from clubbing to cycling.
Yes but increase laws and punishment for the sale of unregulated drugs, or misleading the public about the negative effects of addictive prescription drugs.
We should lower the punishment but also cut down on the amount by confiscating and making farming illegal and cutting down on that
decriminalise most but not all drugs, while increasing funding for addiction prevention an rehabilitation
Not for all drugs i.e. class A, look more into sentences and repeat offenders. Increase funding for addiction.
@9MZT2KC10mos10MO
Yes but strictly controlled and sold to ensure safety. Taxed heavily to fund drug interventions and related healthcare.
Decriminalise drugs that offer medical benefits e.g. marijuana and instead of criminal sentences for drug users increase funding for prevention/rehabilitation/therapy services instead of prison sentences.
@9F9K3S42yrs2Y
Yes, if sold by nationalised authorised locations that make a profit that is reinvested into drug rehabilitation programmes.
@9Q4JMM49mos9MO
No, but decriminalised drugs that offer medicinal benefits, increase funding for addiction and rehabilitation, tighten regulations on approved drugs that are highly addictive and hold pharmaceutical companies to account
Yes for cannabis, with tougher sentences for stronger drugs like heroin
@9BMGX6B2yrs2Y
Decriminalise drugs and reduce sentences, but provide better support and rehabilitation for those suffering from addiction
@96NZJ382yrs2Y
Yes, for some but not all, decriminalise drugs for medical use, reduce sentences for those already serving time for drug use but not drug dealing, increase funding for addiction prevention and rehabilitation
Yes it should be regulated and taxed
Yes, and immediately pardon all those currently serving time
yes reduce sentences of those already incarcerated and replace this with rehabilitation programs
Yes, and offer rehabilitation instead of prison
@95ZN7VK3yrs3Y
No, but increase funding for addiction prevention and rehabilitation and increase sentencing powers for convicted drug dealers
@95GR2543yrs3Y
No, but offer the testing of safeness of drugs
Herbal drugs should be decriminalised but chemical made drugs should remain illegal.
Yes, but don't make them easily accessible
Only drugs as worse as alcohol.
provide safe spaces for those to use drugs, whilst providing a rehabilitation program to ensure lower risk for addiction and crime
@92XC3SW3yrs3Y
Yes, but only for some drugs. Legalised drugs should be licenced and taxed, similar to alcohol, with schemes in place to legitimise "dealers". Harsher sentences can then be issued to those who continue to break the law.
Yes, for some drugs with evidence based guidance and health benefits. Increase funding for addiction prevention. Lower sentence for those serving low class drug related cases.
Yes, and increase funding for addiction, prevention and rehabilitation.
@9297JMY3yrs3Y
No, but increase funding for prevention and rehabilitation, also increase punishment for drug use and dealers
Yes, but alongside support for addiction as a health care issue
@924SPGD3yrs3Y
@8Z4B7673yrs3Y
Yes, and increase funding to rehab centres
@8YW4TFZ3yrs3Y
I believe we should decriminalise marijuana use and if anyone is struggling with use of the drug offer help and support. Same goes with other drugs however, they should not have decreased or increased sentences.
@8YBJXZN3yrs3Y
Yes, if we can offer drug rehabilitation centers that can help people get off of drugs and provide them cheaply to reduce the power of gangs.
Drugs that put ones health at risk should be banned but, drugs that are safe for recreational and medical purposes should be allowed, but only under a certain set of rules that protects the users and those around them. Also decrease sentencing and increase rehabilitation.
@8XMM3VV3yrs3Y
yes but for only some drugs like weed
for people with medical issues
Yes, but offer support for people caught with more than two weeks worth of drugs
yes, and retroactively reduce sentences for those already serving time. as well as this help current addicts with rehabilitation and to reduce deaths caused by overdose teach harm reduction and create safer ways for addicts to use in a controlled safe environment if they are unable or unwilling to become sober
yes, but not for all drugs! we should also rude sentences for those serving time
@Izurie4yrs4Y
Yes but have regulation rules for them
Yes, we should regulate the recreational drug industry and support those who are stuck in drug abuse
@8TQK23F4yrs4Y
Yes, but not for all drugs and decrease the time for those already sentenced
@8SZTGZC4yrs4Y
yes as what people choose to use or not use is their own business and most of the time it only affects the user. in a response to this there should be advancements made to help those who become addicted and fully inform people of the consequences. the actual distribution should be dealt with and not the use of
Yes, but they should be heavily taxed to increase funding for addiction prevention and rehabilitation
Yes, and drug addiction should be treated as an illness rather than a crime because that's what scientists agree it actually is
Decriminalise all drugs and abolish any drug related sentences (unless its drug trafficking) and instead fund rehab facilities to help people with drug addictions rather than imprisoning them.
Yes, but keep harsh sentencing for dealers
Regulating drug use allows safety and medicine , but some drugs need to be more strongly policed
Create a system similar to Portugal’s. Legalise all drugs, create a safe space the state to sell them and citizens to take them
Yes, dependent on the drug as this will help us to have better control over the quality of the drugs available by using legislation and regulations.
Yes, in cases where legislation and regulation would reduce deaths caused by misuse, or by lethal contamination. Or in cases where it would reduce crime.
No, but increase funding for addiction prevention and rehabilitation AND decriminalise drugs which offer medicinal benefits
@8RK94F74yrs4Y
yes and instead creating a rehabilitation system for addicts
@8RGY88F4yrs4Y
Only cannibis should be legalised but not other drugs
Only weed. Just because it is proven to calm you down, be way less harmful than alcohol and slow the effects of multiple psyrosis
Yes, but only for lower-rism drugs such as Marijuana
Legalise weed, but tax it
No, but decriminalise drugs that of a medical benefits such as marijuana and also increase funding for addiction prevention and rehabilitation.
For majorly non harmful drugs if taken in small amount e.g. marijuana
@8QQ7P794yrs4Y
yes, and release people currently serving sentences and if they are an addict help rehabilitate them
Yes, and retroactively wipe possession-based criminal records and end sentences for those already serving time
It depends on how the drug is being taken and what type of drug it is
@8Q6F3TY4yrs4Y
Legalise marijuana and release those in prison for marijuana charges
Yes but put huge taxes on this!
@8Q4HLG94yrs4Y
No for dangerous drugs. YES for drugs such as cannabis and cannabis is not harmful.
For some drugs however there should be a limit
No, decriminalise drugs that offer medical benefits but also give higher punishment to drug dealers
yes but only if regulated
Drugs that do not produce a physical addiction should be decriminalized but regulated and taxed. Those drugs that produce physical addictions should be only available for medical use and subject to heavy penalties for unlawful use & supply.
Follow the Portuguese model
@8K8PNHN4yrs4Y
Legalise all drugs but tax the hell out of drugs like crack and heroine. This way the government would have better oversight on the drug use, you won’t go to prison for Obsession/addiction and receive proper rehabilitation and in countries that it’s legal drug use has gone down.
Decriminalise medically beneficial drugs and increase funding for rehab and addiction prevention
@8CLFT7M5yrs5Y
Yes, and FREE all those already serving time.
Have you ever known a drug addict?
In the late 1980s I ran into an old university friend whom I had not seen in years. He used to have a brilliant mind, had endless possibilities and could have achieved a lot in his life - if he hadn't become hooked upon amphetamines (which can be as bad as heroin or cocaine IMHO) after his first marriage broke down. He had become mentally unstable, couldn't hold down a job (although he worked as an occasional taxi driver - I don't think that I would have wanted to get into a cab he was driving). He spent nearly all of his unemployment benefits on drugs, was living in a propert… Read more
For most drugs yes weed and others less harmful And sentences to be shortened to 6 months to 5+ years depending if it’s violence included For hard drugs. More punishments for pedos instead
@9BRFDJT2yrs2Y
I would like to see us do something similar to Portugal where drug use is decriminalised and more funds are allocated to prevention and rehabilitation
@9BJQ9SZ2yrs2Y
Yes, and provide more help for those who are addicted or causing harm
only weed should be decriminalised
yes, the people that are using really bad should be sent to rehab and given care.
For some but not all or most, I tthink for things that could be used medicinally, they should be legalised in order for companies to be able to sell them so they're safer than buying it off dodgy people.
Yes, and retroactively reduce sentences for those already serving time whilst increasing funding for rehabilitation and addiction prevention.
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