10-01-2005, 04:42 PM
LawtoniaOct 1 2005, 03:04 AM This is clearly a national issue and not one for the UN. We decided via our "Issues" what is legal in our nation and what is not. In most Real Life countries it is not illegal to take drugs - it is however illegal to possess, buy or sell them.
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Article IV is a completely different issue. It is not a public safety issue but a criminal one. The transport and trade of drugs involves high levels of organised crime. I am referring to all drugs not just the illegal ones, even alcohol, tobacco and prescription medications are traded by organised crime to circumvent government taxes to fund anything from illegal weapons manufacture to terrorism. The only way to lessen this would be to make all drugs legal in every nation and have them non-regulated so you could buy them in a supermarket. [/quote]
Which is precisely why recreational drugs are not a national issue. Only by legalization in all nations can we remove the criminal element from it. That doesn't mean without regulation, that is still necessary. Minimum ages, places where you can't sell it (near schools for example), instances where you're not allowed to use them (in traffic, etc), that's all regulation.
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Article IV is a completely different issue. It is not a public safety issue but a criminal one. The transport and trade of drugs involves high levels of organised crime. I am referring to all drugs not just the illegal ones, even alcohol, tobacco and prescription medications are traded by organised crime to circumvent government taxes to fund anything from illegal weapons manufacture to terrorism. The only way to lessen this would be to make all drugs legal in every nation and have them non-regulated so you could buy them in a supermarket. [/quote]
Which is precisely why recreational drugs are not a national issue. Only by legalization in all nations can we remove the criminal element from it. That doesn't mean without regulation, that is still necessary. Minimum ages, places where you can't sell it (near schools for example), instances where you're not allowed to use them (in traffic, etc), that's all regulation.