Drug legalisation is an Eldorado not worth exploring
The year is 2015. I am supplying drugs to anyone I think needs them to feel better. Sometimes they need amphetamine, sometimes heroin. Older punters usually ask for “downers” every night to help...
View ArticleThe Case for Drugs Legalisation: The Black Market
Many arguments in favour of drugs legalisation wouldn’t sound out of place in an American drama where a stroppy teenager tells their poor, under-appreciated mother “It’s my life, and my body, and...
View Article88% of Backbencher Readers want drugs to be decriminalised.
A recent poll on this site shows that 88% of our readers would like to see drugs decriminalised in the United Kingdom. 6% disagreed with this and voted that Britain should not decriminalise drugs,...
View ArticleIf Drugs Were Legalised, How Should They Be Regulated?
There are many arguments in favour of the legalisation of drugs, including, but not limited to: eradicating drug-related violence, preventing the adulteration of drugs, preserving our personal...
View ArticleLegalising Prostitution, For Everybody’s Sake
Decriminalising the sex industry is decades overdue It’s known as the world’s oldest profession. Britain is home to an estimated 80,000 prostitutes, and ten percent of men are thought to have used a...
View ArticleUruguay Set to Legalise Cannabis
Uruguay is about to make a big step in the movement to end the prohibition of drugs. It is set to become the first country to fully legalise, not just decriminalise, cannabis. All drugs have been...
View ArticleThe UK Could Learn From Colorado’s Legalisation of Cannabis
The recent legalisation of cannabis in Colorado and Washington state – not to mention Uruguay, the first country ever to legalise cannabis – serve as experiments for the pro-legalisation argument. So...
View ArticleParliament to debate Cannabis Legalisation Petition
The petition to legalise “the distribution and sale of Cannabis” will be debated by parliament after it gathered the required 100,000 signatures to be presented in front of the House. The debate is...
View ArticleThe Case for Legal Gambling
There are two overarching reasons to support legalised gambling: liberty and economics. Given the intensive regulation of the gambling industry, it is clear that the state has fulfilled its duty of...
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