Dodgy amphetamines drive drug-crazed man on to pub roof Lancashire cops have issued a warning to Blackburn speed-lovers after a "contaminated" batch of amphetamines prompted four cases of extreme aggression and adverse physical reaction. The dodgy whizz has resulted in four men ending up in hospital, suffering from convulsions, "dangerously high heart rates" and "a complete …
you're probably right, they got an unusually pure batch. unlikely to be methamphetamine though. "speed" or "whiz" in the uk is generally amphetamine sulphate and of a pretty shite quality. my guess is someone ordered some quality speed paste from Holland or Germany, shared it with their mates and didn't take into account the much greater purity compared to the "pub grub" they would have been used to.
Agreed. Its a fucking joke.
Yet tobabbcoo AND alcohol, both of which cost the public and the NHS in terms of damage, diseases and social problems, in orders of magnitude more than cannabis ever has and will are completely legal. I wonder why that....Ah, of course, TAX!!
Telll you what then tax weed and make it available because EVERY study ever done has shown the same, David Knutt gave them all the evidence they could ever need but since when did politicos ever listen to reason.
Manufactured by reputable pharmaceutical companies, everything from clinical mescaline to high quality methamphetamine, which they give to fighter pilots and other military personnel.
The only American soldier court martialed during the 1st Gulf War was an orderly (or somesuch medical position) for handing out meth to his bored buddies without proper authorization.
A lot of terrorist organizations get a very large percentage of their money off of the drug trade, with the rest being provided by the sex-slave trade. Allow for fully regulated companies to sell drugs, and now billions of dollars are staying in the country rather than funding terrorists / cartels. Require that a certain percentage of profits must go to rehab and community outreach type programs.
Reminds me of when i was running lock ins in a Manchester pub in the 90's. At 2am there was a knock on the window from a regular wanting to be let in. Not normally an unusual occurrence in the pub trade except we were two floors up, The beggar had shinned up the drainpipe and yes he was high in more ways than one.
"I can buy codeine anytime I like at any UK high street or supermarket pharmacy. The only problem is that they cut it with lots of paracetamol and that stuff is bad for your liver."
They're thinking of shutting that loophole down in Australia - to make it a prescription only medicine (only your doctor or similar quack can allow you to get it). Yep, paracetamol is a nasty drug. You know the kids these days use it to cure headaches. Things people do...
"Sgt Pete Latham asked anyone with info on the bad narcotics to get in touch"
Always kind of a problem asking for witnesses to come forward when they're technically guilty of a crime punishable by "up to 5 years in prison, an unlimited fine or both"
Time to decriminalise yet? You never know, it might even help prevent people getting fake drugs like this if they could go somewhere and get them tested without getting banged up.
The main issue is that Governments want to save face and maintain an air of legitimacy. They don't want to public to see how, actually, they don't mean anything at all compared to what the public actually want. Everyone who wants to do drugs, I can assure you, already does them. They're not something you do "just because they're legal".
There's no increased danger by legalizing drugs, and governments and healthcare organisations know this.
'There's no increased danger by legalizing drugs, and governments and healthcare organisations know this.'
There's always the danger you might be taking these substances for fun and in the eyes of the 'moral minority' that is always a sin.
The Government have lied repeatedly to their electorate for generations over the issues of recreational drugs, if they were to admit to this it would bring to the fore the can of worms marked 'what other areas have they been economical with the truth' and no Government will countenance that.
As a result, users health will continue to be at risk and non-users tax contributions will be inflated.
Being unbound from trivial things like social pressures I made the informed choice to try some drugs. Namely:
Weed
Opium
Mushrooms
Coke
Speed
Ecstasy
Pure mdma (as opposed to tablet form)
And found that speed was okay, you can drink forever and still walk but the next day you felt like death. It's a really shitty drug for council estates imo. Ecstasy is far more enjoyable, followed closely by opium and weed if gaming. After a 4 year career with it I knocked it all on the head and now only vape. Clean for 6ish years now, if not longer. Amazing what adults can do when not restricted by the law. I totally support a system like in Portugal where drugs are a health issue and not a criminal one.
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