Posted on 04/07/2013 12:11:59 AM PDT by Berlin_Freeper
[UK] Labour's liberalisation of the cannabis laws was a disaster that pushed up drug use and crime and doubled the number of drug victims in hospital beds, two major research studies said yesterday.
They found that after police were told to go easy on cannabis smokers, there were increases in assaults, theft and car theft, burglaries, vandalism and anti-social behaviour.
The chance that a young person who had never smoked cannabis would try the drug went up by a quarter after it became unlikely they would get more than a warning if caught by police, one project found.
The likelihood that they would smoke it on a regular basis went up by 8 per cent.
According to a second study, an experiment in relaxing cannabis laws on the streets of South London led to a rise of 40 to 100 per cent in the numbers of men admitted to hospital due to their use of harder drugs.
That report, by researchers from the Institute for Fiscal Studies, said: ‘We find the depenalisation of cannabis had significant longer-term impacts on hospital admissions related to the use of hard drugs.’
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
It’s funny to me how similar the language of the gun grabbers and drug warriors is. They’re both quite terrified at the idea of people having ready legal access to stuff the people already have ready illegal access to.
Your opinion on the three studies is invalid due to your fanatical defense of drug use.
You crave drugs, so you reject all studies that show the great harm of drug use.
In the past weeks I have seen other FReepers note how you frequently push the pro-drugs agenda.
In short - you are unqualified to give any reasonable opinion on the subject.
Your opinion on the three studies is invalid due to your fanatical opposition to drug legalization.
Isn't ad hominem fun?
You crave drugs,
Wrong.
so you reject all studies that show the great harm of drug use.
Wrong again. I agree that using drugs - including alcohol and tobacco - can be harmful.
Oh look another pro-druggie. Comparing the right to bear arms to smoking dope.
I have posted 100 times or more in defense of gun ownership.
Now the pro-drug pushers on FR will start joining in. Do you homos (if anything you drug pushers sound a lot like the pro homosexual “marriage” losers) have each other’s phone numbers?
To paraphrase your tormentors:
“You know too much - stop posting annoying facts!”
wow look at all those logical fallacies and insults, oh and lies too.
Meanwhile look at what you say, and look at what gun grabbers say:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/3004722/posts
Only the NRA claims that we shouldn’t pass laws that people won’t follow
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3005408/posts
NRA Wants “Guns on Demand Like You’re Buying a Hershey Bar”
Really you can swap out “guns” for “pot” in these stories and they’re quotes from you. Which brings up the question: since you clearly understand that the gungrabbers logic is deeply flawed what makes you think that logic suddenly becomes not flawed when applied to something else?
And of course there’s the other question: if you think your logic is so flawed it can’t stand up without insults and lies, why aren’t you smart enough to just shutup and stop embarrassing yourself spewing bullying BS?
Your posts are meaningless, as these studies look at periods of time and the commonality of illegal activity and drug use.
You made the claim that drug abuse was rising up to 100% before the studies, and then refuse to offer why...
If my head explodes it will be from laughing at you.
So what suddenly brought you here?
Your boyfriend can’t handle a discussion himself?
Again, I have posted regularly for guns, including this morning.
Have you posted against homo “marriage”?
I seriously doubt it.
No - that's your functional illiteracy talking.
Belligerence is no substitute for facts, in fact belligerence is proof you know you have no facts. Call me when you can actually have a fact. I won’t hold my breath.
the press reports don't even say that crime rates and drug use hadn't been increasing before depenalization of cannabis.
Only drug losers would equate smoking crack with the constitutional right to own guns.
LoL!
‘Have you posted against homo “marriage”?’
I have:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3001542/posts?page=241#241
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3001151/posts?page=70#70
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2999649/posts?page=27#27
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/bloggers/2998424/posts?page=194#194
So all it takes to shake you druggies is to call you out on homosexual “marriage”.
Damn I’m Good!
"Suicide Risk Linked to Rates of Gun Ownership, Political Conservatism" - http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3004771/posts
Only drug losers would equate smoking crack with the constitutional right to own guns.
That article didn't even mention crack or any other drug. Try again: tell us what's wrong with that gungrabbing logic.
Up to 100% is the number in the study we were talking about here.
Your denial is just childish.
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