@iliesse 596376 wrote:
do u think normal to pay an illegal product with legal money? i think it is normal that as long a product is illegal and expensive, nobody should pay with money from his hard work, that’s why dealing should be normal for addicted persons and shouldn’t been arrested for this if it is made in the way to get their drugs or the state should legalize drugs.
what are u thinking about this point of view???
this is to some extent what happens in some areas of Britain (particularly when there is an oversupply of methadone) and although its not really addictive as such many party drugs and stimulants were sold in this sort of way but TBH legalisation is a much better idea.
the problems we’ve had in UK is that methadone is bulked out with syrup sold in a big, bulky brown bottle that looks like something from a 1950s science lab (so the user is shamed picking it up from the pharmacy to start with as nothing else is sold in that sort of container from a pharmacy). This is also done to try and discourage people from diverting or hoarding it due to the bulk of these containers.
the other users do not want to be carrying around such containers in the street and will not want the entire contents of this bottle in one go and the addict will need the bulk of it for their own use; the remainder (that is sold to others) is poured off into unsuitable vessels such as drinking glasses instead of a while PTFE container which should at very least have a red border diamond sticker with skull and crossbones warning. The fact the stuff is illegal also makes people paranoid and more likely to use unsafe storage methods.
if the addicts are parents; there is a real risk their children will find this, drink it (as it is sweet) and be fatal OD victims (some addicts went to prison recently in England because this happened).
I am not sure how methadone is dispensed elsewhere in Europe but I remember healthcare workers saying that the amount of sugar added to it is potentially as unhealthy as the opiates and it would be far healthier to let these addicts take the heroin in controlled doses in a safe environment.
A bigger problem is British people particularly hate paying taxes for anything they don’t agree with (compared to folk in DE, DK, NL), they are a bit more aggressive about “not giving in to criminals/enemies” (I think it is the difference between Anglo-Saxons and other Saxons) and don’t realise it costs a lot more to put non violent people in prison than to let them take their drugs in peace. this also means we get immigration from conservatives in those countries which are more liberal – as they are wealthy, white and speak English well they aren’t noticed as immigrants and this shifts our politics to the right of everywhere else in EU.
