Death of teenager in Brighton linked to legal drug craze (From The Argus)

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  bibble wrote:
  

  maxiboy_ wrote:
  All these comments supporting narcotic use sickens me. Of course most if not all are from young and older readers who have no children of their own (pretty sure of that). Alcohol is a drug that should be the only legal stimulant for getting a high! It is said alcohol is the biggest killer.......only to those who don't know how to be sensible with it! As a parent I will teach my kids to drink sensibly and with moderation beginning at home. But when they have their first hangover (which we have all had) that I hope will be the wake up call. Drinking can be a sociable and civilised event but only to those who have the good sense to know that. Other drugs are an unknown and can be deadly because who knows what's in a pill or powder? That is why they all should be banned and young people should be educated to stay clear for their own safety. Common sense in life is the key and to those who support all these substances being sold by the putrid slime on our streets I say this: If you want to eat it, sniff it or inject it this rubbish then go ahead and destroy yourselves because you have no idea how to really enjoy life to the full.

  Totally the wrong argument, and it based on your own bias and not on actual figures.
  
  Alcohol is the biggest killer. Plenty of people die or get serious illnesses through drinking booze to excess. Compare that to the number of deaths directly related to taking ecstasy.
  
  Other drugs are not "unknown". People have been taking opium for thousands of years... Cocaine used to be sold at Harrods. The drugs "problem" is because drugs are illegal. That means criminal gangs mix the nearly pure original drug product with all kinds of crap. Your question "who knows what is in a pill?" addresses exactly that.
  
  Banning doesn't work. I really wonder sometimes if some people are just morons, or if they are just stupid. When drugs were legal, there was very little drugs-related crime. There were opium addicts, of course. But so what? Who the hell do you think you are that you can tell somebody else what they can do? Perhaps you haven't realised it yet, due to your denseness, that many drugs are illegal. It doesn't stop them being taken by large numbers of people. Approximately 250,000 people take ecstasy every week.
  
  I don't support drugs being sold mixed up with crap. I would like to see cocaine and opium on the counter at Boots, supplied from a reputable dealer with known and consistent potency. People should be free to decide for themselves what they want to do, and not be told by moronic people who possess no knowledge, thought or imagination.

  When you wish to argue against another opinion that is healthy. Making insulting comments is a different matter. It is a measure of intellect. Yours is clearly on the low scale as a result.
  
  As someone who supports the selling and taking of banned narcotics it is most likely that you are a user. I frankly don't care if you cut your life short by using these substances but I do care about my kids and other children who get offered this poison in schools and on the street. This is the core of the argument.
  
  Readers here might come to the conclusion that you may be a narcotics seller since you visit Brighton from London regularly!"
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