Drugs Blog

Drugs blog

This blog aims to portray a neutral tone and in order to do this both sides of the drugs debate needs to be shown. In the news at present evidence has pointed to the idea that drugs cause most people no harm. It claims that people, who use drugs such as ecstasy, cocaine or cannabis on a weekend basis only, are not a danger to themselves or anyone else. This is a reflection of what most people who are unaffected by the scare mongering media have been thinking for a long time.
The report by the Royal Society of Arts said that weekend users should not be penalised by the police as they are not threatening. It also states that The Misuse of Drugs Act (1971) should be overviewed and changed to a Misuse of Substance Act so that illegal drugs are judged on the same level as tobacco, over the counter drugs and alcohol. Clearly the use of recreational drugs can be dangerous due to the problem of lacing or overdosing but those who use drugs on a purely social level at the weekend or seldom do aren’t at a great risk.
Information obtained loosely from Friday’s Metro paper and the RSA website.