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Wed 28 Oct 2015 12:34PM

Should Indian Pirates advocate for the decriminalisation of possession of controlled narcotics?

PV Pirate Vik Public Seen by 233

  • Currently international law is out of pace with society and leads to unnecessary criminalisation of people.

  • By criminalising people we do not reduce consumption

  • Current regulations worldwide are not based on clinical evidence.

  • Reduction of harm rather than criminalisation should be the approach taken under the law.

RD

Raju Devidas Fri 30 Oct 2015 8:31AM

@vik I have never consumed any of these controlled narcotics, but a lot of my friends do and even though these are banned by law the background network is so strong that you can get these drugs in most cities pretty easily. Not to mention that the most of the police infrastructure is well aware of there distribution.
According to me decriminalisation of possession of these drugs would be helpful if there distribution is done by a proper channel wherein it is controlled by who is ditributing them and to whom it is being distributed. Just as Liquour is distributed by government authorised shops all over India, a similar infrastructure can be created.
It should be made sure that these drugs do not get in the hands of minors.
Also as @arjun pointed out that marijuana is not that addictive but Heroine is, it should be debated whether which drug should be distributed and which should not be. Make the people extremely addicted to a particular drug is not good as well.

Just recalled a quote I read once somewhere.