84% of Brits think the war on drugs has failed

[SecureExchange]

as long as the police can be bribed, the truth wont ever come out...

[bryant.coleman]

A for-profit prison system is a scourge of a "free" people. There are some limits to where the free market should be allowed to go, and imprisonment is one of those limits.

I am not for abandoning the imprisonment completely. But I'll partially agree with you by saying that private companies should be banned from the prison business. It should be run by the government.

[koshgel]

84% is an overwhelming majority. Hopefully policy changes will be made on a government level to reflect that.

Prohibition has failed to curb the popularity of narcotics, as the number of Britons who have taken drugs continues to increase.

I despise the argument by anti-drug supporters that claim drug use will rise if they are legalized. Illegality doesn't lead to no access. It only leads to black market sales which are dangerous and unsafe.

[mnmShadyBTC]

84% is an overwhelming majority. Hopefully policy changes will be made on a government level to reflect that.

Prohibition has failed to curb the popularity of narcotics, as the number of Britons who have taken drugs continues to increase.

I despise the argument by anti-drug supporters that claim drug use will rise if they are legalized. Illegality doesn't lead to no access. It only leads to black market sales which are dangerous and unsafe.

Most drugs that are illegal are dangerous regardless of where they are sold. This is simply based on the effects that the drugs have on you. The few drugs that are not dangerous will often cause people to get involved in dangerous drugs.

I don't see how you can link how safe a drug is with weather or not it is sold on the black market

[Professor Plums]

I want to know who are the 16% that think the war has been won.

84% is an overwhelming majority. Hopefully policy changes will be made on a government level to reflect that.

Prohibition has failed to curb the popularity of narcotics, as the number of Britons who have taken drugs continues to increase.

I despise the argument by anti-drug supporters that claim drug use will rise if they are legalized. Illegality doesn't lead to no access. It only leads to black market sales which are dangerous and unsafe.

Most drugs that are illegal are dangerous regardless of where they are sold. This is simply based on the effects that the drugs have on you. The few drugs that are not dangerous will often cause people to get involved in dangerous drugs.

I don't see how you can link how safe a drug is with weather or not it is sold on the black market

Why are cigarettes and alcohol legal? Those are the two 'gateway drugs'. They're also very dangerous and kill millions, more so than most of the other illegal drugs combined.

[Sunderland]

legit tax from alcohol and cigarettes is needed by Gov.
In some 3rd country tax from both stuff is the biggest income for their Gov.

[jaysabi]

legit tax from alcohol and cigarettes is needed by Gov.
In some 3rd country tax from both stuff is the biggest income for their Gov.

Just because the government can make money from taxing it doesn't mean it should be legal. I'm all for legalization, I just don't think that particular argument is sound. The government could make a lot of money from selling "slapping licenses" too that allow you to slap anyone without repercussion. That doesn't mean that's why slapping should be legal.

[koshgel]

84% is an overwhelming majority. Hopefully policy changes will be made on a government level to reflect that.

Prohibition has failed to curb the popularity of narcotics, as the number of Britons who have taken drugs continues to increase.

I despise the argument by anti-drug supporters that claim drug use will rise if they are legalized. Illegality doesn't lead to no access. It only leads to black market sales which are dangerous and unsafe.

Most drugs that are illegal are dangerous regardless of where they are sold. This is simply based on the effects that the drugs have on you. The few drugs that are not dangerous will often cause people to get involved in dangerous drugs.

I don't see how you can link how safe a drug is with weather or not it is sold on the black market

That argument is equally ridiculous. Anything when abused can be harmful to you. If you eat too much, you'll get fat and have heart disease. You take too many prescription pain killers, you become addicted and have liver issues.  Alcohol and cigarettes are legal but abuse of either will lead to cancer or liver failure.

Many of those drugs that are illegal - amphetamines, cocaine, heroine - are altered in street sales which contributes to the danger. The pure forms or derivatives created in labs are still used to treat people medicinally.

[DhaniBoy]

severe punishment to the death penalty could reduce drug trafficking and illicit drugs, in addition to the raids against the ports of drug in each country must continue to be made, sometimes there is the behavior of state officials who are trying to protect illicit goods business, with the hope that they will benefit which is greater than the narcotics business, the conduct of the officials of this country should be followed up, because it would be fatal for the nation ... hopefully the fate of the youth in a country is not contaminated by narcotics ...