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OfflineDfekt
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Elton tells MSPs: Drugs should be legalised
    #5698773 - 06/01/06 08:37 AM (17 years, 7 months ago)

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COMEDIAN and writer Ben Elton last night called for drugs to be legalised, in a speech in front of MSPs at the Scottish Parliament.

The man behind Blackadder and The Young Ones told the cross-party group on drugs and alcohol misuse that narcotics are so readily available in society that UK drugs policy has failed.

He said it just allowed organised, drug-dealing cartels to prosper.
He said the recent saga over model Kate Moss's use of cocaine exposed hypocritical attitudes in society in the UK towards controlled drugs.

"The real problem is not the drugs; it's the criminalisation of the community," he said.

"And the fact is that this vast nation of social criminals, of whom you are all acquainted, is linked arterially to a corrosive, cancerous core of real criminals. Desperate, heavily armed, ruthless, callous, murderous real criminals."

The law is a "contemptible ass", he added. "The law is effectively the number one sponsor of organised crime."

The comedian said he does not take illegal drugs, but the current system had created a ghettoised society. Prohibition in the US had proven a complete failure.

"The logical answer appears to be legalising [drugs]," he said. "One thing is certain, doing nothing is not an option. The crisis is under way and it's a crisis created by the law, but from which the law offers us no protection."

Elton was invited to the parliament after his stance on drugs was brought to attention of Stewart Stevenson, MSP, following a TV interview.
Drugs classification is not within Holyrood's powers, but a matter for the UK government at Westminster.




Fucking too right my son! :thumbup:

It's about time someone with a voice spoke up about this shit... I wish i could buy that man a pint.


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Re: Elton tells MSPs: Drugs should be legalised [Re: Dfekt]
    #5698811 - 06/01/06 08:53 AM (17 years, 7 months ago)

That guy's dead on. Hopefully something will come of it and spread like wild fire. Thanks for posting this.


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Re: Elton tells MSPs: Drugs should be legalised [Re: Cowgold]
    #5698971 - 06/01/06 10:04 AM (17 years, 7 months ago)

No worries my man.

ELTON FOR PRIME MINISTER!


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Re: Elton tells MSPs: Drugs should be legalised [Re: Dfekt]
    #5699209 - 06/01/06 11:41 AM (17 years, 7 months ago)

"Prohibition in the US had proven a complete failure. "

It sure has!


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Re: Elton tells MSPs: Drugs should be legalised [Re: Dfekt]
    #5699349 - 06/01/06 12:11 PM (17 years, 7 months ago)

Damn, I thought they meant Elton John. People might actually pay more attention to him.


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Re: Elton tells MSPs: Drugs should be legalised [Re: Dfekt]
    #5699382 - 06/01/06 12:15 PM (17 years, 7 months ago)

bingo!


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Re: Elton tells MSPs: Drugs should be legalised [Re: evolprim]
    #5700830 - 06/01/06 06:33 PM (17 years, 7 months ago)

He worded his plea very eloquently, cool.


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