The usual drugs issue

Well, you wouldn't believe the last 24 hours if I told you, so I won't bother.

I choose instead to continue our joint journey of enlightenment thusly;

As it is Friday, and I've had a stressful 24 hours, you are going to have to let me off if this one is short and lacks my usual air of charm, wit and charisma.

Today's issue is about drugs. Let's be honest, just about everyone now turns a blind eye to a bit of dope, me? I don't touch the stuff, but I don't actively discourage others from its use,many people seem to enjoy it and thats just dandy. Ok, so it is known to drive heavy users to the very brink of psychosis and can turn perfectly funny and intelligent people into a yoghurt, but its no concern of mine. As long as people can afford it, they are perfectly ok, maybe a bit grumpy if they have to go without but thats usually the worst of it. That is unless they are real hardened smokers, who do it in gangs, outside Tesco. This is because these people have no money, no-one I know is willing to pay someone minimum wage to abuse strangers and beat up the vulnerable, except we do. These bastards are outside just about every job centre in the UK, picking up their dole cash, using it for weed, a party bag of malteasers and 4 cans of Kestrel Super Strength.

They claim this money goes on feeding their fourteen kids and helping them get into a position where they can get up and contribute to society. I can't be too harsh though because they do contribute to society constructively, it happens regularly, about as regularly infact as your dog switches on your grill to prepare himself a grilled cheese sandwich.

Joking aside, the economy probably does float on their purchase of nike trainers, stripy shellsuits and argos gold chains.

Hard drugs are the same pretty much, often the crime linked to these substances is far more serious and can range from mugging to murder. However, it would be pretty stupid to assume the drugs make them, commit the crimes. They don't. Its the need for drugs that drives them.

Why don't you take heroin? I'll tell you why, because you aren't a cock. You're smart enough to avoid those drugs in the same way your smart enough to read this piece.

So, the answer? Legalise drugs. Seriously.

Straight away all criminal imports would become hideously unprofitable. The Opium field of Afghanistan could be used to create work and stability, the products used to make proper medical grade drugs, which even if we taxed people on would be cheaper than that nice albanian bloke can sell a bag for.

These people will always do drugs, at least this way we wouldn't have to pay millions to treat them, arrest them and try and stop illegal imports. They would die less because of the higher grade product and as a result we'd all pay less tax. Afghanistan may even calm down. I'm in no way marketing this to you as a cure-all, christ, far too many people do spend their lives in wetherspoons surrounded by betting slips and fag ends, but one problem at a time eh?