badgerx16

Is that because you didn't get that far ?

Young Paddy bought a donkey from a farmer for £100. The farmer agreed to deliver the donkey the next day. The next day he rang up Paddy and said, 'Sorry son, but I have some bad news. The donkey has died.' Paddy replied, 'Well then just give me my money back.' The farmer said, 'Can't do that. I've already spent it.' Paddy said, 'OK, then, just bring me the dead donkey.' The farmer asked, 'What are you going to do with him?' Paddy said, 'I'm going to raffle him off.' The farmer said, 'You can't raffle a dead donkey!' Paddy said, 'Sure I can. Watch me. I just won't tell anybody he's dead.' A month later, the farmer met up with Paddy and asked, 'What happened with that dead donkey?' Paddy said, 'I raffled him off. I sold 500 tickets at two pounds a piece and made a profit of £898' The farmer said, 'Didn't anyone complain?' Paddy said, 'Just the guy who won. So I gave him his two pounds back.' Paddy now works for the Royal Bank of Scotland.

paranoid ( android )

Sniff and the Tears - 'Driver's Seat'

mental

daft

Tis gradeley !

Not at all.

The grimmest, darkest, dankest, hole in Lancashire is the Garden of Eden compared to the best that might be found on the 'wrong' side of t'hills.

As both a northerner and a primate I DO take offence at this term, you southern c***. ( That is "chap", of course ).

Many's the time I walked from the Uni to Mumbles, ( and back - much later ).

Oi !!!

Think yourself lucky.

( Please note, this post is in no way intended to cause offence or present a rascist opinion. It merely illustrates a local colloquial nomenclature applied to a northern former mill town, by it's indigenous population ).

When alcohol was prohibited in the US, it was mostly supplied from perfectly legal external sources - either from Europe or Canada. Where in the world are cocaine & heroin LEGALLY produced ?

The point of my question is that alcohol & tobacco are globally accepted as legitimate products, and come via commercial routes. As expanded in my subsequent posts, from where would the legal ( within the UK ) supply of these drugs be sourced, as there is no internationally accepted legitimate commercial source.

But is this not predicated upon ALL countries legalising such drugs ? The point is that the UK could not do this unilaterally, the largest markets by far are the USA & Russia, and unless they go through the same process, the production could never become legal in an international sense.

Could one of the 'pro' lobby answer one simple question : If the UK were to legalise heroin & cocaine, possibly controlled via the NHS, where would it be sourced from ? Would we force Afghanistan to legalise heroin production, would we try to force Columbia to do the same with cocaine ? Or do we simply buy it on the current 'market' ?

God created the Pennines to keep the Yorkies out of His county - Red Rose Rules. ( Who won the battle of Bosworth ? )

Decriminalisation of 'personal possession' is not the same as legalisation of the drug trade, though.

Where does the supply come from ? Who determines demand, and therefore the value of the market and volume of production ? Would the NHS be concurrently trying to 'cure' the users ? Where do new 'customers' come from ? ( Would you walk into an NHS drop-in centre and announce 'I want to become a heroin addict' ? )

If all drugs were legalised, who do you expect to distribute & market them ? Would you permit advertising, as we do far too much with alcohol, or restrict this as with tobacco ? Would it be acceptable for private companies to be able to generate profits from the act of getting people addicted to such products ? ( After all it would be it their interests to get as many people as possible 'hooked' ).

Your standards seem to be slipping, or maybe you need to clean your glasses

If you legalise cocaine & heroin, then surely their production & transportation processes would similarly have to be legalised. What impact would this have on the economies of the countries affected ? How would the 'market' be controlled ? Would you leave it to the free market, or permit production to be nationalised. What effect on other areas of agriculture would this have ? Heaven forbid that Haliburton or some petro-chemical multinational gains control.

How many 'addicts' will carry out burglaries or muggings to get their alcohol / ciggie fix ? How many murders are carried out in tobacco or lager 'turf wars' ? How many third world countries are ravaged by corruption due to beer or cigarette production ? Would any of the above stop if we legalise these substances ? How many people have been killed because the driver of a car was incapacitated by nicotine ? Are this group out to sensationalise something to get publicity ?