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"Not just leaving them sleeping outside public stores covered in puke and piss and harrasing random bystanders for money" Right How are we paying for that? Where are they going? | |||
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"Not just leaving them sleeping outside public stores covered in puke and piss and harrasing random bystanders for money" I think you'll find alcohol causes more problems... | |||
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"Legal high should be flat out banned" I thought they already were? | |||
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"Legal high should be flat out banned I thought they already were?" They are | |||
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"Take it from their benifits rather they had an option to be given help and put on a program to get clean than all my tax money to spend on drugs and sleep rough. And if they continue to purchase illegal and legal highs whilst on benifits they should be cut" Lots of people on these drugs are homeless and don’t receive benefits | |||
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"Take it from their benifits rather they had an option to be given help and put on a program to get clean than all my tax money to spend on drugs and sleep rough. And if they continue to purchase illegal and legal highs whilst on benifits they should be cut" You're so small minded, it's unreal! | |||
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"Segregated from public places such as town centres parks and shopping centres I have had a knife pulled on me twice by a drug addict now and im frankly tired of the lack off effective policing involving drugs in this country Seeing smack heads pased out on the floor, puking in public and walking around town's and cities waitingto pick up or get their benifits is not what kids should have to see on a daily basis" So you are happy to be random drug tested by the police at anytime whilst in a town/city? Policing is not the problem, addiction is a disease and therefore requires treatment by professionals. Are you sure they’re smack heads? Do you have superhuman diagnostic abilities to tell what they’ve had? Could it be the same as people we see staggering out of nightclubs vomiting everywhere? So you’ve been a victim of knife crime, are ALL knife crime victims victims of Class A drugs? NO. | |||
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"Not just leaving them sleeping outside public stores covered in puke and piss and harrasing random bystanders for money" Schrodingers junk1e. Simultaneously sleeping and harassing people | |||
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"Take it from their benifits rather they had an option to be given help and put on a program to get clean than all my tax money to spend on drugs and sleep rough. And if they continue to purchase illegal and legal highs whilst on benifits they should be cut" Your tax money is being sent on them sleeping rough? | |||
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"They loiter outside restaurants cafes the library in the centre of round abouts asleep on the path where should I go??? Move I can't unfortunately as I'm a carer for my ill parent and don't make even working a full time job " I’d say use your head mate, i haven’t met many people who struggle with issues interact more than just asking for spare change. I’d say a knife being pulled on you twice in a town centre is either extremely unlucky or bullshit? | |||
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"Here we go with the disease argument utter bollocks no one is born wierd to smoke crack" Addiction is a disease. Also if you click reply+quote we’ll know who you’re replying to | |||
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"Here we go with the disease argument utter bollocks no one is born wierd to smoke crack" I’m sooooooo sorry. You’re obviously a qualified Professor of Psychology. I shall ignore my 26 years of medical practice(still practicing as I’m not that good enough yet to do it for real) | |||
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"Their should be harsher rules in terms of benifits restrictions when it comes to helping people who are addicted. Drugs tests randomly twice a month With them failing would be a deterrent rather than just giv8ng them money" People who are addicts will find there poison if they get benefits or not! | |||
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"Legal high should be flat out banned" They’ve been banned haven’t they I don’t know the class but I’m sure they’ve been banned | |||
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"Take it from their benifits rather they had an option to be given help and put on a program to get clean than all my tax money to spend on drugs and sleep rough. And if they continue to purchase illegal and legal highs whilst on benifits they should be cut" You'd be surprised how many affluent people indulge in class A. Trouble is, you can take it from their benefits as you say, but then what? Are we as an allegedly civilised society going to watch people die on the streets with no home or food, albeit that some live pretty grim lives? Yes they make grim viewing, but they are a product of our country and us. If they commit criminal offences then report it. | |||
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"Legal high should be flat out banned They’ve been banned haven’t they I don’t know the class but I’m sure they’ve been banned " Not all. The psycho-substances act covers it I believe. | |||
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"Report it then freedom of speech police" We need the spelling and grammar police on this one also... | |||
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"National service " What are you replying to? Use reply+quote | |||
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"National service " did you serve? Theres plenty of squaddies who've indulged I assure you. | |||
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"They loiter outside restaurants cafes the library in the centre of round abouts asleep on the path where should I go??? Move I can't unfortunately as I'm a carer for my ill parent and don't make even working a full time job I’d say use your head mate, i haven’t met many people who struggle with issues interact more than just asking for spare change. I’d say a knife being pulled on you twice in a town centre is either extremely unlucky or bullshit?" That was my thoughts too. But the OP clearly just wants to rant about vulnerable people and as yhe thread goes on is clearly just posting more and more vitriol so I must admit I'm not totally convinced this happened | |||
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"Report it then freedom of speech police We need the spelling and grammar police on this one also..." | |||
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"Take it from their benifits rather they had an option to be given help and put on a program to get clean than all my tax money to spend on drugs and sleep rough. And if they continue to purchase illegal and legal highs whilst on benifits they should be cut You'd be surprised how many affluent people indulge in class A. Trouble is, you can take it from their benefits as you say, but then what? Are we as an allegedly civilised society going to watch people die on the streets with no home or food, albeit that some live pretty grim lives? Yes they make grim viewing, but they are a product of our country and us. If they commit criminal offences then report it." Last time I was attacked the police were zero help at all probably more interested in making sure no one's feelings have been hurt online | |||
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"Take it from their benifits rather they had an option to be given help and put on a program to get clean than all my tax money to spend on drugs and sleep rough. And if they continue to purchase illegal and legal highs whilst on benifits they should be cut You'd be surprised how many affluent people indulge in class A. Trouble is, you can take it from their benefits as you say, but then what? Are we as an allegedly civilised society going to watch people die on the streets with no home or food, albeit that some live pretty grim lives? Yes they make grim viewing, but they are a product of our country and us. If they commit criminal offences then report it. Last time I was attacked the police were zero help at all probably more interested in making sure no one's feelings have been hurt online" Were you attacked with a knife while online? | |||
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"Legal high should be flat out banned They’ve been banned haven’t they I don’t know the class but I’m sure they’ve been banned Not all. The psycho-substances act covers it I believe." That’s right. I’ve never been approached by a drug addict well I don’t think I have anyway I do see more and more in Birmingham city centre but most of them sleep and live out in the town | |||
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"Not just leaving them sleeping outside public stores covered in puke and piss and harrasing random bystanders for money I think you'll find alcohol causes more problems... " I was just about to day he should include alcohol in his ban on legal highs. | |||
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"They use their money on drugs and beer " So would you if you were homeless, they are asleep in the day because it is too dangerous to sleep at night | |||
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"Not just leaving them sleeping outside public stores covered in puke and piss and harrasing random bystanders for money I think you'll find alcohol causes more problems... I was just about to day he should include alcohol in his ban on legal highs. " He hasn't got a fucking clue! | |||
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"You walk through any town or city at midnight and you see the affects of legal addiction. A lot more shit goes on pissed up. Should we segregate alcoholics. " We shouldn’t ‘segregate’ anyone | |||
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"You walk through any town or city at midnight and you see the affects of legal addiction. A lot more shit goes on pissed up. Should we segregate alcoholics. We shouldn’t ‘segregate’ anyone " Exactly | |||
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"Their should be harsher rules in terms of benifits restrictions when it comes to helping people who are addicted. Drugs tests randomly twice a month With them failing would be a deterrent rather than just giv8ng them money" Nope... No it won't. It will just mean they will be more likely to get involved in criminal activity to fund their addiction | |||
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"National service " You really think the army has the resources to do the right thing for them? | |||
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"You walk through any town or city at midnight and you see the affects of legal addiction. A lot more shit goes on pissed up. Should we segregate alcoholics. We shouldn’t ‘segregate’ anyone " I think he’s angry because he’s been attacked by drug addicts. But the thing is not all drug addicts are the same not all steal to feed the addiction | |||
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"Their should be harsher rules in terms of benifits restrictions when it comes to helping people who are addicted. Drugs tests randomly twice a month With them failing would be a deterrent rather than just giv8ng them money" Just encouraging them to break the law to get money then. | |||
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"I've just lost my partner to addiction. 30 years of age.. And dead. Alcohol kills far more people than anything. " That’s true. I lived with addiction to alcohol as a child it was far worse than the local smack heads kids the beating etc | |||
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"... Should be offered help. Addiction is a disease very few people can beat on their own. Liberalise drug laws, make them legal, tax them and use those funds to help the victims of our fucked up war on drugs. " Nonsense | |||
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"Lowestoft the drug capital of Britain..... who knew " Huddersfield is worst | |||
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"Legal high should be flat out banned" I believe they are. But like all illegal drugs they can be bought on the streets. | |||
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"... Should be offered help. Addiction is a disease very few people can beat on their own. Liberalise drug laws, make them legal, tax them and use those funds to help the victims of our fucked up war on drugs. Nonsense " Why? Liberalising laws has worked elsewhere in the world where as draconian measures seem to achieve nothibg | |||
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"Segregated from public places such as town centres parks and shopping centres I have had a knife pulled on me twice by a drug addict now and im frankly tired of the lack off effective policing involving drugs in this country Seeing smack heads pased out on the floor, puking in public and walking around town's and cities waitingto pick up or get their benifits is not what kids should have to see on a daily basis" Completely agree with you | |||
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"If I was homeless and had to live on the streets in all weather, at a risk to my own life, if I had a bad start to life, maybe had suffered from abuse, maybe I belonged nowhere, no friends or family, no self respect or dignity and not much to live for, maybe I would turn to class A drugs. None of us know their reasons, where they have came from, what they have endured or have to live with. I don't judge. Desperation and addiction causes them to do allsorts which they wouldn't have otherwise have done if not for the addiction. Which is why we should treat the addiction and rehabilitate in my opinion. " I was told once a lot of homeless use it so they don’t feel the cold smack apparently makes you numb | |||
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"I've just lost my partner to addiction. 30 years of age.. And dead. Alcohol kills far more people than anything. " My condolences to you. Think a lot have lost relatives,friends through alcohol | |||
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"National service " I very much doubt the armed services would welcome drug addicts into their ranks. I'd also doubt they'd be willing or able to provide the rehabilitative care drug addicts need. What else have you got? | |||
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"... Should be offered help. Addiction is a disease very few people can beat on their own. Liberalise drug laws, make them legal, tax them and use those funds to help the victims of our fucked up war on drugs. Nonsense " You clearly don't understand drugs, addiction or politics. Also your manners mean the end of our chat. | |||
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"I've just lost my partner to addiction. 30 years of age.. And dead. Alcohol kills far more people than anything. My condolences to you. Think a lot have lost relatives,friends through alcohol " Thank you... We tried everything, he had done detoxes, been in rehab, meetings the lot... But in the end the alcohol won. | |||
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"If I was homeless and had to live on the streets in all weather, at a risk to my own life, if I had a bad start to life, maybe had suffered from abuse, maybe I belonged nowhere, no friends or family, no self respect or dignity and not much to live for, maybe I would turn to class A drugs. None of us know their reasons, where they have came from, what they have endured or have to live with. I don't judge. Desperation and addiction causes them to do allsorts which they wouldn't have otherwise have done if not for the addiction. Which is why we should treat the addiction and rehabilitate in my opinion. I was told once a lot of homeless use it so they don’t feel the cold smack apparently makes you numb " Makes you feel numb and warm, like in a cosy bubble. Makes sense why they would if they have proper shit going on that we have no idea about, with our cosy, safe homes. | |||
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"Stab vest u can tell him fook off with confidence then " People seem to get stabbed in the legs more now | |||
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"If I was homeless and had to live on the streets in all weather, at a risk to my own life, if I had a bad start to life, maybe had suffered from abuse, maybe I belonged nowhere, no friends or family, no self respect or dignity and not much to live for, maybe I would turn to class A drugs. None of us know their reasons, where they have came from, what they have endured or have to live with. I don't judge. Desperation and addiction causes them to do allsorts which they wouldn't have otherwise have done if not for the addiction. Which is why we should treat the addiction and rehabilitate in my opinion. I was told once a lot of homeless use it so they don’t feel the cold smack apparently makes you numb Makes you feel numb and warm, like in a cosy bubble. Makes sense why they would if they have proper shit going on that we have no idea about, with our cosy, safe homes. " | |||
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"If I was homeless and had to live on the streets in all weather, at a risk to my own life, if I had a bad start to life, maybe had suffered from abuse, maybe I belonged nowhere, no friends or family, no self respect or dignity and not much to live for, maybe I would turn to class A drugs. None of us know their reasons, where they have came from, what they have endured or have to live with. I don't judge. Desperation and addiction causes them to do allsorts which they wouldn't have otherwise have done if not for the addiction. Which is why we should treat the addiction and rehabilitate in my opinion. I was told once a lot of homeless use it so they don’t feel the cold smack apparently makes you numb Makes you feel numb and warm, like in a cosy bubble. Makes sense why they would if they have proper shit going on that we have no idea about, with our cosy, safe homes. " Exactly I would never judge someone I haven’t got to know myself. We don’t know what has gone on for them to go that way and nobody can say for certain it would never happen to them. Drugs and addiction will always be a problem. I know a lot of heroin addicts in America have only started taking it because they was addicted to prescription meds then taken off them | |||
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"... Should be offered help. Addiction is a disease very few people can beat on their own. Liberalise drug laws, make them legal, tax them and use those funds to help the victims of our fucked up war on drugs. Nonsense You clearly don't understand drugs, addiction or politics. Also your manners mean the end of our chat. " A very assumptive and unfounded retort based solely on my opinion that recreational drug use shouldn't be legalised... hmmm | |||
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"Get out of Lowestoft mate, absolute pits " I don't know, me and My Girl had a great afternoon/evening in The Welcome. We only dropped in of an ale and ended stay till we had to leave for the last train. Although it's bitter sweet because we also had the worst fish and chips ever from a sea front chippy. | |||
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"... Should be offered help. Addiction is a disease very few people can beat on their own. Liberalise drug laws, make them legal, tax them and use those funds to help the victims of our fucked up war on drugs. Nonsense You clearly don't understand drugs, addiction or politics. Also your manners mean the end of our chat. A very assumptive and unfounded retort based solely on my opinion that recreational drug use shouldn't be legalised... hmmm" Surely the answer is more to with the health, wellbeing and nature of society than it is to do with enforcing or legalising drugs. The volume of drug use and it's negative outcomes is more a symptom of wider problems. | |||
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"... Should be offered help. Addiction is a disease very few people can beat on their own. Liberalise drug laws, make them legal, tax them and use those funds to help the victims of our fucked up war on drugs. " agreed there is definitely a case for decriminalising most if not all drugs. At least then they would be regulated and manufactured properly. Wouldn't it be better if you could see the ingredients of something rather than playing Russian roulette as to whether its the real deal or cement for example. So called legal highs wouldn't exist then either as people wouldn't be trying to emulate the effects of substances that have been around for centuries. The UK needs to wake up and follow the lead of other countries that have taken steps to decriminalize. | |||
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"... Should be offered help. Addiction is a disease very few people can beat on their own. Liberalise drug laws, make them legal, tax them and use those funds to help the victims of our fucked up war on drugs. Nonsense You clearly don't understand drugs, addiction or politics. Also your manners mean the end of our chat. A very assumptive and unfounded retort based solely on my opinion that recreational drug use shouldn't be legalised... hmmm" I could say same thing to you, but you were rude, so our chat is over before it begun. | |||
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"... Should be offered help. Addiction is a disease very few people can beat on their own. Liberalise drug laws, make them legal, tax them and use those funds to help the victims of our fucked up war on drugs. Nonsense You clearly don't understand drugs, addiction or politics. Also your manners mean the end of our chat. A very assumptive and unfounded retort based solely on my opinion that recreational drug use shouldn't be legalised... hmmm" Victim, innit | |||
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"They use their money on drugs and beer " AND YOU'RE PAYING FOR IT! | |||
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"They use their money on drugs and beer AND YOU'RE PAYING FOR IT! " No I’m not | |||
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"Lowestoft the drug capital of Britain..... who knew " I did Lol, that's why I moved out of there! | |||
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"They should take homeless and drug addicts off the street and put them in care homes. If someone is showing signs of mental instability and is a danger to themselves and others then they get sectioned and put into a facility. They way I see it its no different from someone living on the streets." Can we not just make them go away somewhere out of sight? Bit like when your mam gave you a fiver to piss off out cause 'uncle' Terry was coming round to visit. | |||
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"This post is gonna end badly. It's like a choice ppl have made when they weren't addicted, but now they ARE addicted so it's no longer a choice, it's just sad and difficult to deal with. Nothing to do with "sensible" recreational drug taking at all..... I'm not one for legalising anything addictive. Alcohol gives us enough issues as it is. Drugs are a distraction, the subject is overused by politicians for votes and power, but it works, as shown here, innit... Everyone seems to have gone all tabloid, polarised, red/blue posh/chav, yet again on a complex issue. No thought from anyone, just opinions, it's sad.... W can't disown ppl who've made bad choices, often their next choice, if they get one, can be something brilliant based on their experience.... " Innit | |||
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"National service " National service would not work!!! Let's hope you are never in a situation where you are homeless and stuck with judgemental people looking dowm on you and never giving you a chance. Many of these people have gone through horrendous things and have for one reason or another turned to drugs and alcohol. I don't know whether you have a gripe with drug takers or the homeless but we can't just sweep them under the mat and hope they go away. | |||
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"Segregated from public places such as town centres parks and shopping centres I have had a knife pulled on me twice by a drug addict now and im frankly tired of the lack off effective policing involving drugs in this country Seeing smack heads pased out on the floor, puking in public and walking around town's and cities waitingto pick up or get their benifits is not what kids should have to see on a daily basis" I was looking at houses in Lowestoft last night! Maybe I will stay here instead! | |||
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"The OP is not criticising homeless people, he is talking about Class A drugs users. Homelessness and drug addiction are two separate, but overlapping, problems with separate solutions. I am in favour of helping the homeless but punishing drug users." What about homeless drug users, aka almost all of them? | |||
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"The OP is not criticising homeless people, he is talking about Class A drugs users. Homelessness and drug addiction are two separate, but overlapping, problems with separate solutions. I am in favour of helping the homeless but punishing drug users. What about homeless drug users, aka almost all of them? " Slap and tickle? | |||
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"The OP is not criticising homeless people, he is talking about Class A drugs users. Homelessness and drug addiction are two separate, but overlapping, problems with separate solutions. I am in favour of helping the homeless but punishing drug users." And those who fall in to both catchments what about them? | |||
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"The OP is not criticising homeless people, he is talking about Class A drugs users. Homelessness and drug addiction are two separate, but overlapping, problems with separate solutions. I am in favour of helping the homeless but punishing drug users. What about homeless drug users, aka almost all of them? Slap and tickle? " Sorry, I don't understand this last comment. Please explain. | |||
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"The OP is not criticising homeless people, he is talking about Class A drugs users. Homelessness and drug addiction are two separate, but overlapping, problems with separate solutions. I am in favour of helping the homeless but punishing drug users." What do you think would be achieved with punishment.? | |||
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"Not just leaving them sleeping outside public stores covered in puke and piss and harrasing random bystanders for money Right How are we paying for that? Where are they going?" | |||
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"The OP is not criticising homeless people, he is talking about Class A drugs users. Homelessness and drug addiction are two separate, but overlapping, problems with separate solutions. I am in favour of helping the homeless but punishing drug users.What do you think would be achieved with punishment.? " Try rehabilitation first, then punishment. Give them a chance, but not an infinite number of chances. | |||
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"The OP is not criticising homeless people, he is talking about Class A drugs users. Homelessness and drug addiction are two separate, but overlapping, problems with separate solutions. I am in favour of helping the homeless but punishing drug users." What about punishing single men on swinging websites? Not everyone that uses drugs commits crime. Your statement is rather ignorant. | |||
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"The OP is not criticising homeless people, he is talking about Class A drugs users. Homelessness and drug addiction are two separate, but overlapping, problems with separate solutions. I am in favour of helping the homeless but punishing drug users." Define punishment and how that will resolve the issue? A lot of drug users resort to petty crime and antisocial behaviour yes, but invariably they're in troubled lives anyway, and conviction after conviction rarely achieves much. Resources are rarely available to continously pursue people higher up the chain of supply, so policies focus on the users. It's a far bigger problem that's brushed under the carpet. Maybe a holistic approach is needed, like it or not? | |||
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"Clearly addiction is still being generalised and misunderstood. Anyone who has lived with an addict or been an addict will tell you how crippling this illness is.. for some it may be a choice to begin with, but I wouldn't wish addiction on anybody. Dehumanising people and putting them where you can't see them doesn't solve anything. I've lived both sides of this and but for the grace of god, could have easily ended up as the public nuisance you see..others aren't so blessed to have the fight and support needed to beat these demons and live a normal life. In a world where many people are one paycheck away from poverty and homelessness it's good to look a little bit harder and see that many good people make bad choices or have been put into an impossible situation. Education and support is needed.. not turning a blind eye or looking in disgust." Very well said! Never have I met an addict who wanted that life for themselves. They need support, understanding and above all to be treated with humanity. it could happen to any of us. | |||
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"The OP is not criticising homeless people, he is talking about Class A drugs users. Homelessness and drug addiction are two separate, but overlapping, problems with separate solutions. I am in favour of helping the homeless but punishing drug users." Lets punish people who drink alcohol and cigarettes then. Going to punish half the armed forces for drug use? 90% of people on a night out? People who use steroids? Where does it end? | |||
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"Clearly addiction is still being generalised and misunderstood. Anyone who has lived with an addict or been an addict will tell you how crippling this illness is.. for some it may be a choice to begin with, but I wouldn't wish addiction on anybody. Dehumanising people and putting them where you can't see them doesn't solve anything. I've lived both sides of this and but for the grace of god, could have easily ended up as the public nuisance you see..others aren't so blessed to have the fight and support needed to beat these demons and live a normal life. In a world where many people are one paycheck away from poverty and homelessness it's good to look a little bit harder and see that many good people make bad choices or have been put into an impossible situation. Education and support is needed.. not turning a blind eye or looking in disgust." Love you | |||
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"Lets punish people who drink alcohol and cigarettes then. Going to punish half the armed forces for drug use? 90% of people on a night out? People who use steroids? Where does it end? I'm fairly happy for all of them to be punished. D*unks pissing all over the place are disgusting. They should do an alcohol test before they treat you in the a&e, and if you have alcohol in your system others should be treated first. If you smoke yourself into illness then the medication should be paid for yourself etc." 100% agree. | |||
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"The OP is not criticising homeless people, he is talking about Class A drugs users. Homelessness and drug addiction are two separate, but overlapping, problems with separate solutions. I am in favour of helping the homeless but punishing drug users. What about homeless drug users, aka almost all of them? Slap and tickle? Sorry, I don't understand this last comment. Please explain." Those who know, know, if you have to ask then..... I'm sorry x | |||
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"Lets punish people who drink alcohol and cigarettes then. Going to punish half the armed forces for drug use? 90% of people on a night out? People who use steroids? Where does it end? I'm fairly happy for all of them to be punished. D*unks pissing all over the place are disgusting. They should do an alcohol test before they treat you in the a&e, and if you have alcohol in your system others should be treated first. If you smoke yourself into illness then the medication should be paid for yourself etc." If you get an std from fucking about on fab??? | |||
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"Lets punish people who drink alcohol and cigarettes then. Going to punish half the armed forces for drug use? 90% of people on a night out? People who use steroids? Where does it end? I'm fairly happy for all of them to be punished. D*unks pissing all over the place are disgusting. They should do an alcohol test before they treat you in the a&e, and if you have alcohol in your system others should be treated first. If you smoke yourself into illness then the medication should be paid for yourself etc. If you get an std from fucking about on fab??? " That's not even funny tbh, because there are some serious illnesses and consequences.... | |||
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"The OP is not criticising homeless people, he is talking about Class A drugs users. Homelessness and drug addiction are two separate, but overlapping, problems with separate solutions. I am in favour of helping the homeless but punishing drug users. Lets punish people who drink alcohol and cigarettes then. Going to punish half the armed forces for drug use? 90% of people on a night out? People who use steroids? Where does it end? Alcohol, tobacco & steroids are illegal? It's news to me." I was more surprised that half the armed forces manage to avoid the mandatory drug testing. Skillz. | |||
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"The OP is not criticising homeless people, he is talking about Class A drugs users. Homelessness and drug addiction are two separate, but overlapping, problems with separate solutions. I am in favour of helping the homeless but punishing drug users. What about punishing single men on swinging websites? Not everyone that uses drugs commits crime. Your statement is rather ignorant. O.K. I meant drug users who commit crime. If you think single men on swinging websites should be punished, lobby your MP. " My point is that, yes, there are trouble with some drug users. Though, there’s problems with all sorts of sects of society. Once you punish one group, it would eventually stem to other groups also. They’re more of a nuisance than anything else. Surely the wannabe gangsters commit more crime? I’m unsure of the op’s situation, I’ve never in my life been targeted by a drug user. Yet I lived my life in Glasgow. They’re rather hopeless, rather than frightening. | |||
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"Can someone answer a question here? I am puzzled by the implication that homeless people, people with mental problems, etc. NEED to take illegal or mind-altering drugs. I have had mental problems including depression, all my life. Only in the last year have I sought medical help, due to a financial crisis, which was itself a result of my mental problems. There was even a danger, now passed, that I might become homeless. Never in my life have I been even tempted by drugs. I have even refused medication for my mental conditions. I gave up drinking alcohol when I was 18 as drinking half a pint of cider made me light-headed. Please, anyone, just WHAT is the pleasure in being high on drugs?" When you're living on the streets it gives a respite from the misery of that sort of existence. Why do you think they all use drugs that stupify rather than other class As which are more of a social/party drug | |||
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" If you get an std from fucking about on fab??? Yes, who else's fault is it? So ppl with hiv/aids, who can't work, they don't have money, we just let them die? Because they had sex with the wrong person? " Yea and if you cross the road on a red man and get hit by a bus, you're fucked because that's your fault too. Heart attack at the gym? Shouldn't have overdone the exercise eh. In fact why not just do away with the NHS altogether we can all fend for ourselves. Some right dafties on here. | |||
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" If you get an std from fucking about on fab??? Yes, who else's fault is it? So ppl with hiv/aids, who can't work, they don't have money, we just let them die? Because they had sex with the wrong person? " You are putting words into my mouth. You cannot infer this from any of my posts. | |||
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"When you're living on the streets it gives a respite from the misery of that sort of existence. Why do you think they all use drugs that stupify rather than other class As which are more of a social/party drug" OK I admit ignorance here. I wasn't aware of any such distinction. | |||
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"Can someone answer a question here? I am puzzled by the implication that homeless people, people with mental problems, etc. NEED to take illegal or mind-altering drugs. I have had mental problems including depression, all my life. Only in the last year have I sought medical help, due to a financial crisis, which was itself a result of my mental problems. There was even a danger, now passed, that I might become homeless. Never in my life have I been even tempted by drugs. I have even refused medication for my mental conditions. I gave up drinking alcohol when I was 18 as drinking half a pint of cider made me light-headed. Please, anyone, just WHAT is the pleasure in being high on drugs?" Well, maybe if you had tried them: you would be in the same position. There are many forms of depression, just because you consider yourself to have been depressed - does not mean you’ve suffered the same. It sounds more situational, from what you’ve said. Ty god bless xoxo | |||
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"This post is gonna end badly. It's like a choice ppl have made when they weren't addicted, but now they ARE addicted so it's no longer a choice, it's just sad and difficult to deal with. Nothing to do with "sensible" recreational drug taking at all..... I'm not one for legalising anything addictive. Alcohol gives us enough issues as it is. Drugs are a distraction, the subject is overused by politicians for votes and power, but it works, as shown here, innit... Everyone seems to have gone all tabloid, polarised, red/blue posh/chav, yet again on a complex issue. No thought from anyone, just opinions, it's sad.... W can't disown ppl who've made bad choices, often their next choice, if they get one, can be something brilliant based on their experience.... " I didn't have a choice... I was in unbearable pain, my doctor prescribed me painkillers, longterm.. I became addicted to them... As easy as that! Was I meant to say no and go insane from the pain?! | |||
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" If you get an std from fucking about on fab??? Yes, who else's fault is it? So ppl with hiv/aids, who can't work, they don't have money, we just let them die? Because they had sex with the wrong person? You are putting words into my mouth. You cannot infer this from any of my posts. No but you could answer it an enlighten us? Show some compassion for your species maybe? I would treat them and not let them die. Does the punishment come before or after you treat them? You have admitted you don't understand drugs and addiction very well. For that you've clawed back some respect with me. Have you considered that some people are forced into drug use against their will? Prohibition NEVER works. Ultra conservative nations like Saudi claim not to have addiction issues, but it's a lie. Where there is demand, there is supply. Only we're giving criminals money instead of using our collective brain power. Arresting small scale cannabis dealers, wasting police resources on the least harmful drugs. Selling one of the worst en masse the world over. It makes no sense. There is no evidence to prove that user numbers would rise, but if they did.. The drugs would be cleaner, the death toll would be lower. Have you considered who is stopping it from becoming legalized? Who shuts down every debate on it? Politicians with vested interests. On the payroll of American private prison system or big pharmaceutical companies. Without petty dealers to arrest, they'd make less profit. Cannabis and Ecstasy could replace many pharmaceutical drugs and lead to loss of profits. Have you considered the deaths of our police officers, soldiers and the young men and women as they go to war with in countries like Mexico and Columbia? How much money the companies that supply the hardware needed to fight a war on drugs make each year? They've supplied Thailand, Colombia and a host of other nations with a fully kitted out military. MASSIVE MONEY. MASSIVE LOSS OF LIFE. For what? Some prat who doesn't have a clue saying "Drugs are mmmmmmmk" because they believe crap on TV. Have no compassion or empathy because they don't understand. People like that are as big a part of the problem as the users themselves in my humble opinion. Nothing in this world is black and white. Punishing and addict for being an addict? You may as we punch someone with dementia for being forgetful! Politicians with vested interest? Yes, absolutely, because many of the ruling class have a drug habit. Those who do not have friends who are junkies. And there is a very large "law and order industry" whose well-paid jobs are kept in being by recycling criminals. There has never been a "war on drugs" and there never will be as long as we continue to elect politicians who believe that the welfare of the criminal is more important than the welfare of his victims. "Arresting small scale cannabis dealers, wasting police resources on the least harmful drugs." Exactly, these criminals are recycled. If all ADULT dealers of ILLEGAL drugs were executed, the problem would wither away. " Take your head out of your arse man and try and see the world for what it really is. | |||
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" If you get an std from fucking about on fab??? Yes, who else's fault is it? So ppl with hiv/aids, who can't work, they don't have money, we just let them die? Because they had sex with the wrong person? You are putting words into my mouth. You cannot infer this from any of my posts. No but you could answer it an enlighten us? Show some compassion for your species maybe? I would treat them and not let them die. Does the punishment come before or after you treat them? You have admitted you don't understand drugs and addiction very well. For that you've clawed back some respect with me. Have you considered that some people are forced into drug use against their will? Prohibition NEVER works. Ultra conservative nations like Saudi claim not to have addiction issues, but it's a lie. Where there is demand, there is supply. Only we're giving criminals money instead of using our collective brain power. Arresting small scale cannabis dealers, wasting police resources on the least harmful drugs. Selling one of the worst en masse the world over. It makes no sense. There is no evidence to prove that user numbers would rise, but if they did.. The drugs would be cleaner, the death toll would be lower. Have you considered who is stopping it from becoming legalized? Who shuts down every debate on it? Politicians with vested interests. On the payroll of American private prison system or big pharmaceutical companies. Without petty dealers to arrest, they'd make less profit. Cannabis and Ecstasy could replace many pharmaceutical drugs and lead to loss of profits. Have you considered the deaths of our police officers, soldiers and the young men and women as they go to war with in countries like Mexico and Columbia? How much money the companies that supply the hardware needed to fight a war on drugs make each year? They've supplied Thailand, Colombia and a host of other nations with a fully kitted out military. MASSIVE MONEY. MASSIVE LOSS OF LIFE. For what? Some prat who doesn't have a clue saying "Drugs are mmmmmmmk" because they believe crap on TV. Have no compassion or empathy because they don't understand. People like that are as big a part of the problem as the users themselves in my humble opinion. Nothing in this world is black and white. Punishing and addict for being an addict? You may as we punch someone with dementia for being forgetful! What pharmaceutical drugs would Ecstasy replace? It's all there for you to read on the Internet. Same for Cannabis. Lots of clinical trials going on for various conditions. I couldn't tell you the names of I pharmaceutical drugs they have the POTENTIAL to replace. As they don't stick in my mind as easily. A lot of research has been done on LSD and it's possible uses in medicine. " Thanks, I'll have a look. Wouldn't it still be the pharmaceutical companies that would be manufacturing and selling them as a medicine though? | |||
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" For what? Some prat who doesn't have a clue saying "Drugs are mmmmmmmk" because they believe crap on TV. " I got rid of my television years ago precisely because I don't believe the lies spouted by our liberal rulers. | |||
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"Exactly how are you going to know who,s a snack head or not? Blood tests before they enter the restricted area? " Spike it. Then you'll know | |||
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"Exactly how are you going to know who,s a snack head or not? Blood tests before they enter the restricted area? Spike it. Then you'll know " I'd spike you...... | |||
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"It's all there for you to read on the Internet. Same for Cannabis. Lots of clinical trials going on for various conditions. I couldn't tell you the names of I pharmaceutical drugs they have the POTENTIAL to replace. As they don't stick in my mind as easily. A lot of research has been done on LSD and it's possible uses in medicine. " I agree with you regarding the medical use of cannabis. The problem here arose from our rulers conflating medical and recreational use of cannabis. Contrast opiates, where doctors can prescribe for medical use, but recreational use is banned. | |||
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" For what? Some prat who doesn't have a clue saying "Drugs are mmmmmmmk" because they believe crap on TV. I got rid of my television years ago precisely because I don't believe the lies spouted by our liberal rulers." You don't have a TV, but you're online on a sex site spouting this intolerant nonsense? Do you have a wireless? News papers? Friends? Or do you just think up the news yourself and impose it on the wise? Smh | |||
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