Some substantial literature (free) on drugs

http://www.bmj.com/content/341/bmj.c3360.full?ijkey=xIwckDCjknVi9wn&keytype=ref

http://www.scielo.org.za/scielo.php?pid=S0256-95742011000200001&script=sci_arttext&tlng=en

http://bjc.oxfordjournals.org/content/50/6/999.short

http://www.dtic.mil/cgi-bin/GetTRDoc?AD=ADA517911&Location=U2&doc=GetTRDoc.pdf

http://www.cato.org/pub_display.php?pub_id=10594&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Ca

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Our problem of course is that very few of us read or even watch current affairs.

Most people taking drugs don’t consider themsleves as addicts.  One study explored the perspectives of low-level drug market users on the availability, purchase and consumption of illicit drugs within the social context of drug prohibition. A snowballing technique was used to recruit 16 participants consisting of nine males and seven females aged between 17 and 43. A semi-structured interview process elicited their views on their use of drugs, where they obtained them, their views on the impact of the criminal justice system on their drug use and finally their views on how drug users were perceived by non-drug users. While some negative consequences of using drugs were reported, no participant considered that their use of drugs made them an addict, a criminal or antisocial. The findings from this study suggest that current punitive drug policy, which links drug use with addiction, crime and antisocial behaviour was inconsistent with the experience of the participants.  The rest of us, with ‘television consciousness’ probably do.  We need discussion that includes relevant views.  I don’t agree with these ‘druggies’ and suspect they don’t see the problems they cause – but I’m hardly bothered if someone wants to ‘skin up’.

I have no wish to see drugs decriminalised – I want to see proper policing and a system that helps our cops and social workers sort out problems the system is in denial about.  The links above worked at 6 p.m. Monday.

Decriminalisation really means strengthening administrative law and treating human rights in proportion to decent, law-abiding people ahead of some of the ludicrous abuses we’ve been seeing lately.  My worries are mostly concerned with our crap administrative abilities and administrators.  NuLabour changed nothing through legislation, so why should we hope for much from the current ‘business-as-usual’ turkeys?

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3 thoughts on “Some substantial literature (free) on drugs

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