Cannabis could cull alcohol consumption by 25%

lewi · 21-06-2012, 02:28 AM

David Nutt: alcohol consumption would fall 25% if cannabis cafes were allowed Former chairman of drugs advisory committee tells MPs Dutch-style 'coffee shops' would make people drink less.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/20...cannabis-cafes

Nutt told MPs the cost of policing cannabis use was only £500m a year, mainly for issuing possession warning notices, compared with the £6bn a year bill for policing the use of alcohol, including dealing with people who were drunk and disorderly. A regulated market for illicit drugs would be the best way and we could reduce alcohol consumption by as much as 25% if we had the Dutch model of cannabis cafes," said Nutt, adding that he believed the police would rather deal with people who were stoned than drunk. "The drugs trade is the second biggest international trade in the world, after oil, and it is completely unregulated … It is impossible to win the war on drugs."

dbzmatt · 21-06-2012, 02:31 AM

Yeah people don't get high on marijuana and get into fights or other bad things.

mithios · 21-06-2012, 02:32 AM

Excessive alchohol makes people violent and useless,excessive cannabis makes people apathetic and useless,so I can see why they'd rather deal with the stoned than the drunk....

21-06-2012, 02:28 AM	#1
lewi Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Supraconsciousness Posts: 7,042	Cannabis could cull alcohol consumption by 25% David Nutt: alcohol consumption would fall 25% if cannabis cafes were allowed Former chairman of drugs advisory committee tells MPs Dutch-style 'coffee shops' would make people drink less. http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/20...cannabis-cafes Nutt told MPs the cost of policing cannabis use was only £500m a year, mainly for issuing possession warning notices, compared with the £6bn a year bill for policing the use of alcohol, including dealing with people who were drunk and disorderly. A regulated market for illicit drugs would be the best way and we could reduce alcohol consumption by as much as 25% if we had the Dutch model of cannabis cafes," said Nutt, adding that he believed the police would rather deal with people who were stoned than drunk. "The drugs trade is the second biggest international trade in the world, after oil, and it is completely unregulated … It is impossible to win the war on drugs." __________________ We Are One !! Last edited by lewi; 21-06-2012 at 02:28 AM.

21-06-2012, 02:32 AM	#3
mithios Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: UK Posts: 1,150	Excessive alchohol makes people violent and useless,excessive cannabis makes people apathetic and useless,so I can see why they'd rather deal with the stoned than the drunk.... __________________ The material world is merely a tool. And tools can build,but they cannot create.

21-06-2012, 02:31 AM	#2
dbzmatt Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: USA Posts: 216	Yeah people don't get high on marijuana and get into fights or other bad things.