Good thinking !!

The idea that drug 'x' is low risk therefore we could legalise it, is such messed up logic!

It wrongly assumes prohibition is based on risk

It wrongly assumes prohibition has benefit for some drugs

It wrongly imagines risky drugs are least likely to benefit from legalisation

The idea that drug 'x' is low risk therefore we could legalise it, is such messed up logic!

It wrongly assumes prohibition is based on risk

It wrongly assumes prohibition has benefit for some drugs

It wrongly imagines risky drugs are least likely to benefit from legalisation

I went back home to spend a few days at the Shire

Tom Blickman IDPC The greater the risk posed by an underground psychoactive drug the greater the reason to legally regulate it.

Prohibition is dangerous

Tom Blickman IDPC 'Hard' drugs' is a prohibitionist term that lacks science.

The impact of a drug varies according to set and setting, however here's an insight into the more risky substances:

journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/02…

Tom Blickman IDPC You'll see MDMA is some way down the list, whereas alcohol and tobacco are pretty high up the list

Julian Buchanan, PhD I must check it out soon 😊

Nice beer, food and setting at the Green Dragon Inn

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Drug laws based on evidence and science, that protect Human Rights and promote harm reduction, should have been in place decades ago.

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A distorted approach to drug reform will yield distorted distorted drug policies
Prohibition 2.0

Taylor, S., Buchanan, J., &  Ayres, T. (2016)

‘Prohibition, Privilege and the Drug Apartheid: The failure of drug policy reform to address the underlying fallacies of drug prohibition’

Criminology and Criminal Justice, An International Journal, September 2016, Vol. 16, No. 4

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