NationStates Jolt Archive

Now, we all know that drugs are a huge problem in all of our nations, and know all about the large amounts of drugs that are smuggled past our security forces every year.
Now, my proposal my seem a bit extreme, but I feel that it may be the only way to lower the level of drug related incidents by a large amount, and will also earn the governments a lot more money in taxes.

I am not only proposing to legalize only class C drugs (E.g. Marijuana), but legalizing every single drug available. Around 50% of drug users only take drugs as they feel that it is their way of rebelling against society by doing something that is not smiled apon by the police. Legalizing these drugs would make drugs less appealing, especially to teenagers, as it is not seen as such a rebelious thing to do. I am also proposing making drug dealing from non-government clinics to be illegal and opening clinics which would despense drugs, which would increase the governments revenue.
Obviously, bringing drugs into the country via smuggling would still be illegal, and the distrubition of drugs via the clinics would have to be strictly regulated, perhaps by introducing an ID scheme to each individual drug user which had their finger prints on to display how many drugs they had had, so that they did not have more than they were allowed.
I hope you vote with me on this issue.

You ought to post this in the UN forum...

Hmm. I may be for legalising dope, as you say, a lot of it is due to a rebellious nature, but harder stuff like herione is as a result of addiction. These people have problems, and need rehabilitation. Not the option of more easily accessable drugs. Im afraid it would still be too hard to traffic it. Legalise dope, but leave it at that.

OOC: UN Proposals should be placed in the United Nations forums. Could a mod please move this thread to the appropreate forum section?

Now, we all know that drugs are a huge problem in all of our nations, and know all about the large amounts of drugs that are smuggled past our security forces every year.
Now, my proposal my seem a bit extreme, but I feel that it may be the only way to lower the level of drug related incidents by a large amount, and will also earn the governments a lot more money in taxes.

I am not only proposing to legalize only class C drugs (E.g. Marijuana), but legalizing every single drug available. Around 50% of drug users only take drugs as they feel that it is their way of rebelling against society by doing something that is not smiled apon by the police. Legalizing these drugs would make drugs less appealing, especially to teenagers, as it is not seen as such a rebelious thing to do. I am also proposing making drug dealing from non-government clinics to be illegal and opening clinics which would despense drugs, which would increase the governments revenue.
Obviously, bringing drugs into the country via smuggling would still be illegal, and the distrubition of drugs via the clinics would have to be strictly regulated, perhaps by introducing an ID scheme to each individual drug user which had their finger prints on to display how many drugs they had had, so that they did not have more than they were allowed.
I hope you vote with me on this issue.

I wouldn't go all the way as far as legalising all classes of drugs, but it would be interesting to see if the de-criminalisation of drugs (ie, making posession of drugs a minor offence, like a dud tyre or a parking fine) would work in the long run...