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.