What is the Conservative party coming to when a leadership candidate dares to base drugs policy on facts, reasoning and scientific evidence? What right has this man to break with decades of tradition; I understood that Conservative party policy should be based only on the faith-based opinions of Daily Mail readers.
In a televised debate, David Cameron suggested that “ecstasy” (a.k.a. MDMA) ought to have it’s legal status downgraded. His rationale is that MDMA is demonstrably less harmful than other drugs in “Class A”, the classification given to the most addictive or damaging substances. Other members of this family include heroin, cocaine and crack-cocaine.
Anybody who has been on a night out in any of the UK knows that people take drugs, and mainly they have a good time. Of the millions of people who take drugs, most do not end up in hospital, prison or the morgue. Extasy users generally do not start believing they can breathe underwater or fly from tall buildings. They are also unlikely to start fights and there have been few recorded instances of road accidents while under the influence of the drug.
This is obviously a cynical gesture to enfranchise and include the next generation of potential conservative voters. Davis thinks he can make his party appeal to these criminals who should be arrested and then locked up in prison until they can see the grave error of their ways.
While it almost certainly has harmful side-effects, the consequences of prolonged use are no worse than cigarettes or alcohol. Or at least, that is what the soft-minded liberals want you to think! Of course you know all this is nonsense.
Dont belive the liberals; This is what happens to ALL drug users.
I personally side with our home-secretary Charles Clarke, who reminds us that according to legend, a girl called Leah Betts took once a pill and died shortly after. Never mind that Leah died drinking too much water, rather than as a direct consequence of the drug; Never mind that study after study confirm the idea that not all Class A drugs are as harmful as crack, we should admire Clarke’s steadfast adherence to dogma in the face of overwhelming fact, reason and popular sentiment.
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