http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/6474053.stm
Ecstasy is 3rd from the bottom!
Seems a pretty sensible way of doing things if you ask me.
Ecstasy is 3rd from the bottom!
Seems a pretty sensible way of doing things if you ask me.
Proposed drug classifications
- Thread starter zarbtron
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Very sensible.....but since when have politicians ever done anything sensible when it comes to drug legislation
Agreed...apart from the painful bite mark that my bonjela hasnt even been able to soothe this week
Although what is Benzodiezepines?? And Buprenorphine.....never been offered those!
Agreed...apart from the painful bite mark that my bonjela hasnt even been able to soothe this week
Although what is Benzodiezepines?? And Buprenorphine.....never been offered those!
benzodiezepines = minor tranquilisers eg. Diazepam (Valium)
buprenorphine (Subutex) = strong opoid analgesic used to treat severe pain, also sometimes used as a heroin substitute a la methodone
though as i rarely go clubbing without it i must have known that on some level...Too much to hope that they will reclassify. Government policy (and that of the Daily Mail) towards drug policy is based on two principles:
- Publicise any evidence of drug harm - thereafter any amount of exageration, distortion or scare stories are justified to 'protect the public' (oh and sell paprs with sensationalist stories)
- Ignore or even dismiss work of scientists etc who want to classify according to the overall evidence of harm
While I applaud the call to reexamine drug classification, I disagree with the above statement.the Beeb said:
The current system is not arbitrary. As it stands, class A = very recreationally effective, i.e. lots of fun. B = less so, but still entertaining, etc, etc.
What do coke, smack, Es, LSD and magic mushrooms have in common? In the right circumstances, they're all great.
As the above scale (from the article) persuasively points out, the current classification system has nothing to do with the relative or potential harm of drugs.
Which begs the question, just what are lawmakers afraid of?
