9.3 billion on Drugs

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Originally Posted by V8Ian

It might keep a few out of the clink but it would cost the government millions in fines for possession etc..
Decriminalising rape, murder, burglary and armed robbery would save the prison system heaps. Who's prepared to legalise pedophilia to save a few bucks?

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Except one of the worst drugs of all, the one that destroys families and lives in a daily basis, and if you want to put a dollar and certs value on it costs the country billions each year yet is still perfectly legal? [emoji848]

And I enjoyed the two (legal) beers I had last night. [emoji6]

If alcohol and tobacco were discovered/invented/introduced today, would they be made illegal? [bigwhistle]

Probably not Ian,'cos they wouldn't have the Clinical history that they have today.



But in say, a 100 + years time it could be a different story.

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Originally Posted by V8Ian

If alcohol and tobacco were discovered/invented/introduced today, would they be made illegal? [bigwhistle]

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I reckon they would be.

Supposedly a bureaucrat in the then NSW RTA a decade or so back reckoned if motorbikes were invented the previous week they'd be banned before they could get on the road.

Thank your deity of choice there's some precedence overruling the nannies in the system.

I have heard a theory that a lot of people in prison for drug offences, were actually arrested on other charges as well, but plead guilty to a lesser charge of possession, and get a lighter sentence for not wasting the court's time, in America anyway.

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Originally Posted by rick130

I reckon they would be.

Supposedly a bureaucrat in the then NSW RTA a decade or so back reckoned if motorbikes were invented the previous week they'd be banned before they could get on the road.

Thank your deity of choice there's some precedence overruling the nannies in the system.

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But Rick he/she would have based that on History. Ian's "today" wouldn't have had any history until some poor bastard came/went a gutser.

Of that 9.3 billion i wonder how much goes to corrupt parties. Either through kickbacks or through direct sales!
Coppers, Lawyers, Judges, Elected officials etc.

Easy to look at the "user" and put blame but in reality its not the user importing millions and millions worth of drugs.
Its people with millions and millions to spare.

Blame the pushers not the users. Even if the pushers are wearing badges.

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Originally Posted by trout1105

If the Government is going to decriminalise drugs they should also make it legal to grow your own tobacco instead of taxing smokers about $1 per smoke But hay that would cost them billions of revenue.

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More than a few do mate[biggrin] Chop Chop

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Originally Posted by NavyDiver

More than a few do mate[biggrin] Chop Chop

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And its becoming far more available, due to the exponentially increasing taxes being applied.
Didn't the Yanks try something similar, with alcohol, a hundred years ago; how did that turn out? [bigwhistle]

Pretty badly according to Elliot Ness. Axe sales did increase though so it couldn't have been all bad, Ian.[biggrin]