NationStates Jolt Archive

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Narcotic Use, Zero Crime Bill

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We turn our eyes, not to criminalize substance abuse, but to its treatment and control. Let incarceration be reserved for the truly dangerous. We will reduce crime around the world by treating substance abuse, not punishing it.

Recognising: That many nations have criminalized narcotic use.

Recognising with concern: That confinement of such persons is often a burden on society, socially, economically and psychologically and places them in conditions that may allow their continued addiction to narcotic use.

Let it be resolved: That all national laws outlawing now or do so in the future, the use of narcotics, shall be removed from the books. In place of such laws, all member nations must at their own expense provide full mandatory reform facilities, in the form of recognised rehabilitation clinics, and that all such clinics are to treat the afflicted citizenry as patients who require all the humane care of a civilised society when a citizen is ill.

Let be resolved: That such nations, which have or would criminalize narcotics use, will now automatically outlaw non-government authorised manufacture and/or importation of narcotics.

Let it be further resolved the governments of these nations may manufacture and export such narcotics, and use them as articles of trade only with nations which allow their citizenry to use drugs. These two actions are to be done, or not done, by the authority and discretion of the government.

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Now open for debate.

This act only relates to the nations, which have criminalized narcotics use and orders that they de-criminalize it and in place of such laws provide quality rehabilitation. It also provides in the legislation how they may, and I mean “may” fund such facilities.

It still allows those countries which allow drug use to do so, so don’t panic, but it also means that countries which do outlaw drug use may no longer hoick those who break such laws in the chokey as it were. They must provide professional care for such people, recognising that drugs are an addiction, an illness. Not a reason to be segregated from society at large. After all, we are here for the people, are we not? And remember, we are, one hopes for the sake of the citizenry, here for their best interests. There-fore it means you now allow drugs for the citizens best interests, or don’t allow them for the same reason, but if your not going to allow them, your going to make sure the users are taken care of.

I am not at this time planning to send in this proposal; it all depends on the recognition of sorts it gains here. I am more interested how all involved here respond it, how you all meet with it, rather then getting flamed as I try to alter it to the “tastes” of the majority ... :)

Who knows, if people like it then maybe I will get down to business with it.

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To be Continued :wink:

- The Rep of Komokom, Region Minister of Stuff.

I like the idea, but a few problems. Rehabilitation clinics should not be compulsory, narcotics should be defined, and I don't understand why you have the "Let be resolved: That such nations, which have or would criminalize narcotics use, will now automatically outlaw non-government authorised manufacture and/or importation of narcotics."

You may want to mention the principle of individual sovereignty over one's body, and the blow that decriminalising drugs would do to organised crime's funding.

One other thing. In _Myopia_, we have legalised all recreational drugs, except for LSD and those like it. LSD users can have relapses into hallucination a long time after use, and the risk to others is too great - e.g. they could relapse whilst driving.

I don't think, however, that this will pass. The UN is not liberal enough. Would make for some interesting debates, though, if you got past the proposal stage by tg'ing all v liberal and libertarian delegates.