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mikeymagnetic.bsky.social

My instincts are to be very cautious about this proposal, but then I live on an estate where drugs are ubiquitous, and associated gang crime is rife. The current system clearly doesn't work, but I worry about the health implications of legality, and more superficially, I hate the smell of cannabis.

@mikeymagnetic.bsky.social

Brilliant thread. Would like to use as the basis for an explainer on the @traffordgreenparty.bsky.social website if that is ok.

Ceri Turner 💚 😷

@ceri-turns.bsky.social

What a good idea. 🤔

Absolutely! Feel free to reproduce, tweak etc as you see fit! 🙏🏻

Our policy creates a tiered system of regulation based on risk. The higher the risk a drug poses, the tighter the controls. This isn't a free-for-all. It's the opposite of a free-for-all.

Heroin? NHS prescription, under medical supervision – not on shop shelves. Crack cocaine? Supervised clinical settings only. Cannabis? Licensed retail, like alcohol. Cocaine? Fixed doses from specialist pharmacies.

Last year, thousands of people died from drug-related causes in the UK. That's under prohibition – the system our opponents want to keep. Prohibition doesn't stop drug use. It just means people use drugs of unknown strength, cut with unknown substances, with no route to help.