martin_a Posted November 22, 2006 Share Posted November 22, 2006 Nottinghamshire copper reckons that junkies should be prescribed smack on the nhs to help cut crime. At what point do we stop rewarding people for crime or giving stupid treatments for situations they have only got themselves to blame for? I'm not heartless but really, free drugs? I'd rather see waiting lists cut and a hard working granny getting her hip replacement than pay for these wasters. end of rant. m. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/nottinghamshire/6172392.stm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustGav Posted November 22, 2006 Share Posted November 22, 2006 Can't disagree with you on that one, next you know we will treating drug addicts from the EU, what a nice country we are. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveK Posted November 22, 2006 Share Posted November 22, 2006 I'm planning to attempt a bank robbery. I reckon they'll give me bucket loads of cash to stop me doing it again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darren-K Posted November 22, 2006 Share Posted November 22, 2006 can i have 20 regal and 6 cans of stella on the nhs please ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kranz Posted November 22, 2006 Share Posted November 22, 2006 Ahhhhhh, but you don't understand....... They're secretly going to contaminate the smack with cyanide Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeordieSteve Posted November 22, 2006 Share Posted November 22, 2006 Give them as much smack as they want.... even more! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaveriK Posted November 22, 2006 Share Posted November 22, 2006 On the subject of crimes for cash wasnt there some guy who went to church, got caught short and went for a slash only to be held at knife point and mugged. What a world!! And i hope they have enough money to cover my vodka red bull addiction! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garethr Posted November 22, 2006 Share Posted November 22, 2006 Nottinghamshire copper reckons that junkies should be prescribed smack on the nhs to help cut crime. At what point do we stop rewarding people for crime or giving stupid treatments for situations they have only got themselves to blame for? I'm not heartless but really, free drugs? I'd rather see waiting lists cut and a hard working granny getting her hip replacement than pay for these wasters. end of rant. m. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/nottinghamshire/6172392.stm You pay now... when you're the victim of a burglary or a mugging, in increased insurance premiums, in the cost of investigating and prosecuting crime and keeping the perpetrators in jail, in treating people who have used dirty needles or bad drugs.... The argument is that a lot of crime is committed in order to pay for illegal, and therefore expensive, drugs. If you give the junkies the drugs for free, then they sit around in a stupor all day and don't need to go out and steal, thus limiting the damage caused by addiction to the addicts rather than allowing it to affect the rest of society. Sounds reasonable to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hogmaw Posted November 22, 2006 Share Posted November 22, 2006 You pay now... when you're the victim of a burglary or a mugging, in increased insurance premiums, in the cost of investigating and prosecuting crime and keeping the perpetrators in jail, in treating people who have used dirty needles or bad drugs.... The argument is that a lot of crime is committed in order to pay for illegal, and therefore expensive, drugs. If you give the junkies the drugs for free, then they sit around in a stupor all day and don't need to go out and steal, thus limiting the damage caused by addiction to the addicts rather than allowing it to affect the rest of society. Sounds reasonable to me. Some sense at last! All drugs should be lagalised. Taxed, licensed and legalised. No adverts allowed. Education provided. Nearly all petty crime would stop, and drug dealers go out of business. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homer Posted November 22, 2006 Share Posted November 22, 2006 Sounds reasonable to me. I see where you’re coming from and agree to some extent. However as we all know the problem would be in the implementation of the scheme, lets say the 'addict' has to have a proven track record of criminal activity to get the drug for free... que every addict in the country committing crime in order to get themselves on the scheme. No win situation unless all drugs are made legal and cheap Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlotte Posted November 22, 2006 Share Posted November 22, 2006 Surely it depends on how long these types of drugs last? I mean if you give them free drugs, what's to say they are not going to then get high for a few hours then go on the rob for their next hit? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pot Posted November 22, 2006 Share Posted November 22, 2006 I'm addicted to Nicotine, and Alcohol, both legal in the eyes of the law... So I can expect free Embassy and Smirnoff?... I'm also addicted to speed, every time I'm able to do so, I do it, so therefore, getting done for speeding will be in breach of my human rights, as they're making me go cold turkey, and I feel bad... (PS - I don't always speed, that's an example)... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlotte Posted November 22, 2006 Share Posted November 22, 2006 I'm also addicted to speed I'm sure you'll get that on the new scheme. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lockys96 Posted November 22, 2006 Share Posted November 22, 2006 whats next, free children for pedo's Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pot Posted November 22, 2006 Share Posted November 22, 2006 I'm sure you'll get that on the new scheme. Will they delimit my Sup so I can go faster?... On the NHS?... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garethr Posted November 22, 2006 Share Posted November 22, 2006 what's next, free children for paedos?I don't understand the relevance of that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angarak Posted November 23, 2006 Share Posted November 23, 2006 I think we should pay something towards helping deal with the issue of drug related crime - I hear bullets are pretty cheap these days, they (the smack heads) only need one application of a bullet to fully cure the crime problem.....now thats reasonable Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hogmaw Posted November 23, 2006 Share Posted November 23, 2006 Smackheads aren't evil, they're just stupid. The drug they crave causes them to commit crime, which they would not do had they not had a habit. Nobody commits crime on the scale of a smackhead just to buy booze and fags, so the comparison doesn't work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Feakins Posted November 23, 2006 Share Posted November 23, 2006 whats next, free children for pedo's lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Feakins Posted November 23, 2006 Share Posted November 23, 2006 Some sense at last! All drugs should be lagalised. Taxed, licensed and legalised. No adverts allowed. Education provided. Nearly all petty crime would stop, and drug dealers go out of business. Good idea but surely the whole world would have to do it or we would have everyone flocking here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martin_a Posted November 23, 2006 Author Share Posted November 23, 2006 I see the reasoning but i can't imagine it working. The drug does not cause them to commit crime they do it because they want it. I don't think there is a single person in the country that thinks it is a good idea to take something like heroin, they choose to do it, they choose not to get off it and then if they do a lot go straight back on. Example of this is prisons, lots of schemes in there to help them off it, some leave prison clean but they go straight out and get a fix. They are druggies because they want to be druggies (in the main) and nothing is going to stop that. Same with smokers, no one who smokes believbes it is healthy but they smoke because they like it, same for going out and getting drunk, not good but we do it anyway. Supersize Me - there was a stupid idea, yes eating McD's for 30 days isn't going to be good for you but you couldn't eat lettuce for 30 days and still be healthy, we know junk food is bad but hey it tastes good. Smack heads are just an extreme form of this, they won't give up unless they want to and i can't see a scheme like this actually making them stop. m. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian C Posted November 23, 2006 Share Posted November 23, 2006 Smackheads made the choice to go down that road. It's their own fault. Why are people defending them as if they have a genetic disorder from birth or something? I'd be all for a small enclosed locked "cold turkey" room for three weeks on the NHS. Or a cranial injection of 148grains of lead with a partial copper coating. Alcoholics Anonymous don't provide a free bar do they. -Ian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garethr Posted November 23, 2006 Share Posted November 23, 2006 ..... They are druggies because they want to be druggies (in the main) and nothing is going to stop that....... Er... that's the point... If they want to be heroin addicts, let them. Just fix it so that they don't commit crimes to raise the money to buy the drugs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaoriFan Posted November 23, 2006 Share Posted November 23, 2006 they made there choice and i don't see why they should get help. seriously they should be locked up somewhere and just forced to go cold turkey. makes me annoyed that those guys in prison got a payment of 750,000 for being druggies and not being looked after. the way this Government works i wonder if i tell them i am clinically addicted to fast cars, if i steal one do i get to keep it while we are at it the law should be changed so anyone causing death by driving a car (alcohol related) should be treated as normal manslaughter/murder is, they made choice to drink. sooner they split 'dangerous driving' from 'speeding' the better. you can speed perfectly safely if you are competent driver. their own figures said 5% killed by speeding cars, 38% or therabouts killed by drivers not paying attention. pensioners are get stuffed up royally by this Government and hospitals are closing all over the place. some woman on TV needed 12UK a day for cancer treatment and they refuse to pay it, yet can help druggies. addicts made their choice, just tell them there is a clinic on some remote island, and bomb them into oblivion. problem solved, and the MOD can test out there new bombs and missiles. edited for typo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daston Posted November 23, 2006 Share Posted November 23, 2006 round them up and set them loose in a field chases by bloodhounds and guys on horses 2 cures in one a new form of fox hunting to keep the country folk happy and no more smack heads Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.
Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible.