I am not sure where I stand on this. Legalizing pot is one thing, legalizing blow is another. I spent a few years at the hard stuff and I do know that while the supply would be safer, its easy access would probably create more addicts.
Everyone thought the world was going to end here in Canada when pot was legalized. All that has changed is that there are tough laws in place to punish anyone who gives it to minors (no such law before) and you can walk in a store to get it as opposed to going to dark shady places dealing with dark shady people.
I don't think that would be the case though with legalizing highly addictive hard drugs, I think it would create more addicts because its easy to get, though it would be a safer supply.
If you can believe this or not Desomorphine was first studied in the 1930s on cancer patients to control pain, however, it only worked for a few hours, and this modified version in 2020 is way more potent and deadly. You can tolerate it, but you get addicted pretty fast over 7 days and why pushers give free samples to those who can's afford pure heroin since the street grade is dirty with God knows what in it. In Russia, it was actually legal under the Permonid brand decades ago and yet did more harm than good. Krokodil is made at home and the few labs available are disgusting.
Let’s see if I can remember the approximate stats for Ireland...probably a lot higher now since I last saw them due to lockdowns and COVID19. Population about 5,000,000. Heroin a huge problem ( especially in Dublin and surrounding areas ). 1.4+ million Irish people considered heavy drinkers. 160,000 considered extreme. 15% of youth up to 24 years of age addicted to hard drugs with limited detox centres. Ireland has the highest drug-related deaths in Europe and about 52% of youths up to 30 years of age have tried hard drugs. Here’s a suggestion... you worry about your country’s problems and we can worry about ours. Considering Ireland will be the EU’s biggest loser if Brexit doesn’t go through maybe you should start now.... trust me it will get worse.
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Everyone thought the world was going to end here in Canada when pot was legalized. All that has changed is that there are tough laws in place to punish anyone who gives it to minors (no such law before) and you can walk in a store to get it as opposed to going to dark shady places dealing with dark shady people.
I don't think that would be the case though with legalizing highly addictive hard drugs, I think it would create more addicts because its easy to get, though it would be a safer supply.
I'll have to get back to this one.