Do you think that drugs should be legalised in the U.K?

Question

Do you think that drugs should be legalised in the U.K?

Answer 1

NO Way!!!

Answer 2

no...just advil...this IS USA HERE....WRONG BOARD

Answer 3

No. definately not!

Answer 4

Yes.

We already have one murderously mind-altering drug legalised in the form of booze. Why not the rest?

In particular weed.

Weed should definitely be legalised.

I'd rather live among pot-heads and junkies than drunken bums and wasters.

Answer 5

Absolutely not!!

So much misery, illness and death is caused by them!

Just try looking at what most people see as the least harmful drug!

Marijuana potency has grown steeply over the past decade with serious implications for users with the average amount of THC having more than doubled.

In the same period the number of admissions to psychiatric hospital caused by the drug soared by 85 per cent due to the fact that those who smoke the drug regularly are more than twice as likely to suffer illnesses such as schizophrenia, hallucinations and delusions later in life.

Teens using marijuana to alleviate feelings of depression just compound the problem.

As well as psychotic illness cannabis can cause affective disorders such as depression, anxiety and suicidal thoughts.  Even worse it is linked to cancers.

Cannabis users display neuropsychological dysfunction (relative frontal lobe functioning deficits, cognitive inhibition) and attentional deficits similar to those found in schizotypal or schizophrenia patients.

Regular use can shrink the parts of the brain which control memory, emotion and aggression. The hippocampus, which is thought to govern emotion and memory averages 12 percent smaller and the amygdala, which has a part in controlling fear and aggression, 7 percent  smaller.  This suggests that heavy daily use may be toxic to human brain tissue.

Blood flow velocity is significantly higher in users and they have higher values on the pulsatility index (PI), which measures the amount of resistance to blood flow. This is thought to be due to narrowing of the blood vessels that occurs when the circulation system's ability to regulate itself is impaired.  This leads to abnormalities in the small blood vessels in the brain.

The active chemical in MJ called delta-9-tetrahyrdocannabinol (THC) binds to cannabinoid (CB) receptors located on several cell types in various organs.  This greatly increases the risk for heart attacks and strokes in addition to impaired learning and memory.

It can also effect physical health.  Three to four cannabis cigarettes a day cause the same amount of damage to the lungs as 20 or more tobacco cigarettes a day. Thus there are rising levels of lung diseases such as emphysema.

In comparison to cigarettes marijuana smoke has significantly higher levels of toxic compounds, including ammonia and hydrogen cyanide.    Ammonia levels are 20 times higher while hydrogen cyanide, nitric oxide and certain aromatic amines occurred at levels 3-5 times higher.

It can also effect the unborn child. Scientists have identified that endogenous cannabinoids, molecules naturally produced by our brains are functionally similar to THC from cannabis and play significant roles in establishing how certain nerve cells connect to each other.  Maternal cannabis use allows THC to travel through the placenta and impair fetal brain development and impose life-long cognitive, social, and motor deficits in affected offspring.

Low doses of Ä-9 tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), equivalent to that in the bloodstream of an average marijuana smoker facilitate infection of skin cells and can cause these cells to turn into malignant sarcoma.

You can add to that the deaths and serious injuries caused by drivers high on canabis which can effect driving several days after the last use!!

Answer 6

Drugs should be legalized it your choice whether to take them.

Answer 7

mmmmm.......... no

Answer 8

i think that weed should be legalised (and no ive never done it).  yes, it can have bad effects, but alcohol is a lot worse.  even obesity could be considered worse, its up to the individual to be sensible.  the law obviously isn't stopping anyone doing drugs, some people (eg 14 year olds) probably only get into weed because it's illegal.  if it was legalised the government would make loads of money out of the tax anyway.  i think there's a lot more serious problems such as abuse, murder, etc that the police/gov should be focusing on.

Answer 9

No they shouldn't its already easy to get illegal drugs anyway. Pete doherty and Amy whinehouse are always in the news because of drug use.

Answer 10

so much misery-illness & death because they are illegal