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Some Drug Facts According To 'The Daily Mail'
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Just sifting through an article in the Daily Mail, article titled;
'How Cannabis use soared as Labour softened the law'
Here are some quotes from the half page article...
- "In just two years, there was an increase of 23.5 per cent as many teenagers assumed the drug had been decriminalised."
- "In 2001, some 66,410 people were cautioned, convicted or otherwise dealt with by the courts for cannabis offences - the lowest for a decade. By the following year, numbers had gone up by nearly 12,000 to 78,050. In 2003, there was a further jump to 82,060, a rise of 23.5 per cent in just rwo years and a dramatic reversal of the decline of cannabis use detected since 1998."
- "There were big jumps, too, in the numbers of people caught using cocaine and crack over the same period."
- "The downgrading of cannabis, from a Class B drug alongside amphetamines to Class C, a category including prescription medicines and anabolic steroids, went ahead in January last year."
JUST A NOTE - What are they talking about, amphetamines have not been downgraded..... I even just googled it because i totally questioned myself..!
Here are some prices, and I quote;
- "The price of cannabis has dropped by around 40 per cent in five years, other Home Office figures showed yesterday. An Ounce of the drug which cost £100 in December 1999 would be just £61 now."
- "Cocaine fell from £63 a gram to £51 over the same period while herion slipped from £65 a gram to £55."
- "A 200mg 'rock' of crack is £18, down from £20 at the end of 1999."
- "And an extacy pill is now £4 instead of £11."
Just a few notes for you there, whoever reads this paper and these facts, especially people who are very uneducated on drugs (eg, 90% of the public) are going to read, and think, drugs are BAD! Period!
'How Cannabis use soared as Labour softened the law'
Here are some quotes from the half page article...
- "In just two years, there was an increase of 23.5 per cent as many teenagers assumed the drug had been decriminalised."
- "In 2001, some 66,410 people were cautioned, convicted or otherwise dealt with by the courts for cannabis offences - the lowest for a decade. By the following year, numbers had gone up by nearly 12,000 to 78,050. In 2003, there was a further jump to 82,060, a rise of 23.5 per cent in just rwo years and a dramatic reversal of the decline of cannabis use detected since 1998."
- "There were big jumps, too, in the numbers of people caught using cocaine and crack over the same period."
- "The downgrading of cannabis, from a Class B drug alongside amphetamines to Class C, a category including prescription medicines and anabolic steroids, went ahead in January last year."
JUST A NOTE - What are they talking about, amphetamines have not been downgraded..... I even just googled it because i totally questioned myself..!
Here are some prices, and I quote;
- "The price of cannabis has dropped by around 40 per cent in five years, other Home Office figures showed yesterday. An Ounce of the drug which cost £100 in December 1999 would be just £61 now."
- "Cocaine fell from £63 a gram to £51 over the same period while herion slipped from £65 a gram to £55."
- "A 200mg 'rock' of crack is £18, down from £20 at the end of 1999."
- "And an extacy pill is now £4 instead of £11."
Just a few notes for you there, whoever reads this paper and these facts, especially people who are very uneducated on drugs (eg, 90% of the public) are going to read, and think, drugs are BAD! Period!
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who the fuck writes this stuff?
or should that be forty one quid ...silly people.
Round here you wouldn't pay more than £3 for one at any time.
'Amphetamine is Schedule 2/Class B in the U.K. making it illegal to possess without a prescription. Note that U.K. law changes any Class B drug to a Class A drug if it is prepared for injection.'
What the fuck are 'The Daily Mail' banging on about amphetamines being downgraded to Class C for!!! It makes me angry!! people believe this shit...!!!
Seems like they want to bring other drugs into the 'war' on cannabis...
The first is true, it reflects a rise in the number of people using the drug.
I think you are reading the second one wrong, I says basically that cannabis used to be class B WITH amphetamines, now its class C with other things. See?
Cannabis may double mental illness (March 1st, 2005)
Cannabis gran hopes to meet Blair (February 9th, 2005. Bit of an old one, but found it amusing personally)
Exactly, for exactly the same reason I dont ever use poxy smilies, I have the ability to express myself without them.
Thank you for proving my point.
You CAN grow them, but of course you wouldnt be admiting that.
Why do we treat those who 'bring it on themselves'? Because we are a compassionate society and if you deny treatment for one thing then you can for others, then the whole NHS is screwed.
No I don't as it goes J...
80% of people with mental health problems are cannabis smokers. Why people continue to worship this nasty drug is beyond me.
Where did you get this stat from? Even if we assume that it is true (and I certainly do think that cannabis can contribute to mental health problems), on its own it is a meaningless statistic. I'm sure 80% of people with mental health problems also eat potatoes. Does this mean that potatoes cause mental health problems? Or that people with mental health problems are more likely to eat potatoes? Or neither of these things?
I wish pot was that cheap here, damn it!
I'm sure a seriously high percentage of people with mental health issues drink alcohol too. Whats your point?
But.. I'm fixing myself now, I'm 100000% improved physically and mentally over the last 12 months.. still a constant battle though, but I know I'm constantly improving.. just the easiness I slip into depression pisses me off.
Ah well ! Still got time for a spritual journey now and again
Green is pricey @ £140 for a regular supply..
ok, common, own up. who's been repeatedly voting? or... is that’s the readers of the daily mail's view :eek: