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Police Chief Calls for Rethink on Drug Laws
Posted by FoM on December 16, 2001 at 17:48:00 PT
By Harvey McGavin
Source: Independent 
A chief constable will suggest today that the only way to win the war on all drugs may be to legalise them.Richard Brunstrom, the head of North Wales Police, will call for a Royal Commission on legalisation when he addresses his police authority. In a statement released by the force yesterday, Mr Brunstrom compares Britain's policy outlawing the sale and possession of illegal drugs to that of alcohol prohibition in 1920s America.
He argues that despite the huge amount of cash spent on tackling the "flood" of narcotics on the streets, drugs including cannabis, ecstasy, cocaine and heroin are cheaper and more readily available than before.He describes moves by David Blunkett, the Home Secretary, to reclassify cannabis as a Class-C drug as a "timid" measure that let dealers and smugglers amass huge profits.Mr Brunstrom also describes policy on tobacco and alcohol as "baffling and confusing" given "the immense cost to society and industry from the results of their abuse".But the chief constable insists that North Wales Police is backing the existing drug laws.Mr Brunstrom says: "Only a Royal Commission would have the independence and political freedom to coolly consider all the options. These could include leaving things as they are; depenalisation; decriminalisation; cracking down even harder on drug misuse, smuggling and dealing; or the legalisation of some or all drugs. Its conclusions might just find an answer that would break the downward spiral in this country in the so-called war on drugs."The Home Office said: "It is the Government's firm belief that all illegal drugs cause harm to the health of individuals and communities. However, the Home Secretary has said before that there is room for a sensible, adult debate on the issue." Source: Independent (UK)Author: Harvey McGavinPublished: December 15, 2001Copyright: 2001 Independent Newspapers (UK) Ltd.Contact: letters independent.co.ukWebsite: http://www.independent.co.uk/Related Articles:Legalise All Drugs, Says Police Chiefhttp://cannabisnews.com/news/thread11569.shtmlThe Police and Hard Drugs: The Cleveland Report http://cannabisnews.com/news/thread11520.shtmlPolice Urge Radical Shift on Drugs http://cannabisnews.com/news/thread11387.shtml
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Comment #3 posted by Lehder on December 17, 2001 at 06:11:53 PT
read the article on video fakery
see the picture of smoking in a Lebanese coffee shop:
http://www.msnbc.com/news/673027.asp
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Comment #2 posted by bruce42 on December 17, 2001 at 01:12:01 PT
politi-jargon-speak
Here's a fun website called "Lost in Translation"
http://www.tashian.com/multibabel/It's like a game of telephone.With it, this:
The Home Office said: "It is the Government's firm belief that all illegal drugs cause harm to the health of individuals and communities. However, the Home Secretary has said before that there is room for a sensible, adult debate on the issue."Becomes:
The office of the indicated registry: the fixed faith of the government is "It that all the invalid drugs cause to malvagit2a with the health of the individuals and the communities. Nevertheless the secretary to the house, that one is before section for sensible there, said to the argument approximately the adults in issue."A little nonsensical perhaps, but I've read quotes form the shrub that make even less sense.Try it on your favorite sayings. It is really, really entertaining when high.
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Comment #1 posted by E_Johnson on December 16, 2001 at 18:32:00 PT
Translation from English to English
The Home Office said: "It is the Government's firm belief that all illegal drugs cause harm to the health of individuals and communities. However, the Home Secretary has said before that there is room for a sensible, adult debate on the issue."Translation from the English language into the English language:The Home Office said, "It is the Government's firm belief that Labour can't stay in power by needlessly arousing the enmity of anti-drugs pressure groups. However, we hope and pray that somewhere in the UK there are adults willing to save our sorry asses from this debacle by stepping up in public to make the arguments that we're well aware of by now but are far too cowardly to make ourselves."
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