tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5473318947539698958.post8309834732449344480..comments2023-05-16T10:15:31.309+01:00Comments on Students for Sensible Drug Policy UK: The 1971 Misuse of Drugs Act: Happy 40th Birthday?Students for Sensible Drug Policy UKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11691755249299927002noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5473318947539698958.post-40193259333332267452016-10-13T09:18:48.642+01:002016-10-13T09:18:48.642+01:00So luck to come across your excellent blog. Your b...So luck to come across your excellent blog. Your blog brings me a great deal of fun.. Good luck with the site. <a href="http://www.thediscoveryhouse.com/" rel="nofollow">Drug Treatment Center</a><br /><br />David Warnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18130168246721609855noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5473318947539698958.post-51686284732638252492011-05-28T11:31:59.508+01:002011-05-28T11:31:59.508+01:00Some excellent information Levent, thank you. As ...Some excellent information Levent, thank you. As you know I actually resent the expression ‘War on Drugs’ and I think ‘Drug War’ is no better. You have pointed out the very human cost, but you dissipate the value of this by allowing the deceit that that the law is about regulating objects to go unchallenged, when of course it is our minds and bodies that are being controlled. The controls work partly through propaganda encapsulated in control memes. <br /><br />Personally I think the Misuse of Drugs Act is excellent - you omitted to say (and the UKDPC also seemingly don’t understand the potential of the law we have), that it is the misuse of this law that is the problem. It does allow the UK to give effect to the International Treaties and Conventions, but it's much better than that. WE DO NOT WANT A NEW LAW - WE WANT THIS ONE ADMINISTERRING PROPERLY<br /><br />Thinking this is best explained as a concern over the classification of drugs misses an opportunity to understand that the law regulates persons with respect to harmful drugs that cause social problems through their misuse. In fact the classification of the drug is perhaps the least important aspect of the control of drug users – it is the absence of the use of the drug USER regulatory apparatus of the Act that is significant, as well as the refusal to control persons causing harm through drug abuse with alcohol, tobacco etc. It’s more revealing to point out that these drug USERS are in a separate category, by being arbitrarily excluded from the (drug misuse neutral) law – these two points being the cause of just about all drug misuse problems.Sunshine Bandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08351908969557708343noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5473318947539698958.post-49408857179456556342011-05-27T21:36:47.388+01:002011-05-27T21:36:47.388+01:00Make it a Deathday party and I'll do my best t...Make it a Deathday party and I'll do my best to join you.RevPaulCAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17659681783195386611noreply@blogger.com