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Crystal Meth reclassification
Jaded
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I thought you might be interested to read that Crystal Meth is being reclassified to become a Class A. Click here for the announcement. At least this is more consistent than its current 'B' classification. Although I was surprised to hear why it took them so long - the BBC news last night reported that there was a fear that if it was made Class A, more people would be aware of it and be tempted to try it.... Hang on, weren't mushrooms classified Class A for the exact opposite reason?
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The BBC coverage was unintentionally funny though;
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/5079266.stm
"Metropolitan Police Commander Simon Bray, who leads Acpo's work on the drug, said: "The serious and well documented dangers associated with production and use of this drug in all its forms will now be substantially easier to combat as a result of this reclassification."
Now either he knows this is rubbish and says it anyway, or he believes it and we really are doomed.
That comment keeps coming up, it started from a fairly rubbish drugs information page somewhere, then Frank ripped it off almost word for word, then lazy reporters have been using it.
its scary as fuck watching that bbc video, with the bloke driving!
Isnt this suppose to give you the same sort of buz as speed or pils though?
crystal meffin.
And making a drug Class A has in the past stopped its use? When did that happen I must have missed it.
(and yes there was the case of mushrooms, but given they went from pretty much legal to Class A they are the exception which proves the rule)
Cocaine (if you believe in the whole legal structure) definitely deserves its Class A status compared to other drugs, its dangerous and addictive.
No, it just shows they are persisting with a policy which hasnt worked, wont work and only makes things worse.
Yes, I fully accept that if the classifications are going to be even vaugely respected then there needs to be proper risk assessment in terms of the drugs. But this is a not going to help, its just going to give meth more coverage and make it more likely that we'll get a meth problem.
And dont believe the hype, methamphetamine is a dangerous drug, but the media coverage makes it out to be the devil incarnate. Its not. Yes its addictive, and yes it has caused problems in other countries but that is largely to do with its usage paterns rather than the drug itself. Methamphetamine itself isnt (if used with proper regard to harm reduction) inherantly more dangerous than MDMA really.
I'll break your fucking face and nick your resin then I'll kick your head in?
Yes, though its not as simple as that really, there are classes and schedules.
The drugs are classed according to abuse potential, harm etc. (well thats the theory)
The drugs are scheduled by whether they have any medical use.