Israel Decriminalises Ecstasy

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    Israel Decriminalises Ecstasy

    Israel's Justice Ministry announced this week that people caught in possession
    of up to five ecstasy pills will no longer face prosecution, and explained that
    the change is 'a case of adapting legislation to meet reality' (Ha'aretz,
    Jerusalem).

    However, the Ministry stressed that possession of even one pill will still be
    technically a crime and explained the new category of 'personal use' is designed
    to distinguished between users and suppliers.

    The change coincided with the publication of a report in the UK by leading civil
    liberties organisation Transform which predicted that all drugs will be
    legalised in the UK by 2020.

    "Drugs will be legalised in the not too distant future because prohibition is an
    ongoing catastrophe of startling proportions," Transform director Danny Kushlick
    said as he unveiled the report, titled 'After the War on Drugs, Options for
    Control', at a presentation at Britain's Houses Of Parliament.

    "We need to consider more effective, just and humane options," he continued. "In
    the UK, the prison population and property crime would be halved, drug related
    prostitution would end, opportunities for organised crime would reduce
    substantially, prohibition related corruption would disappear and drug turf wars
    would end," he said.

    The 'drug policy road map report' was immediately dismissed by British Home
    Office officials though was endorsed by a number of MPs and influential Brits
    including former Times editor Simon Jenkins.
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    Interesting Story! Well found GeordieLee:angel3:

    Roll on 2020 ;):angel3: :angel3: :angel3:
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    good old israel - 5 is the magic number in my books ... or at least it was last week :eek: :D
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    Roll on 2020 ;):angel3: :angel3: :angel3: [/B][/QUOTE]


    :laugh:

    Don't think I can wait till then
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    All it would take is a good and thorough education about all drugs and almost every one of them could be legalised.

    The law is blatantly not stopping anyone these days providing they know the score and don't take the piss. If you can be in possession of them the whole night and not one single person sees them then not one single person will have a problem with that, in a club.

    I've learned myself what a few of them do and I've never went over the top with them. Well, I did once didn't I Jimmy? But that was funny.

    Like I say though if everyone's given a thorough education into every drug, the highs, the lows, the long term effects of each and every drug including possible personality changes of those who use drugs alot (and no lies - I was shown a disturbing video of Leah Betts dying in year 9 from an overdose of water (3 litres), not from taking ecstacy but I believed it until I was older) then all drugs could be legalised - except IMO Crack and Heroin which really is asking for it.

    I personally hope I'm not using drugs in 2020, but if we're all sensible (and we have a laugh, just like we do on alcohol) it could be done.
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    IMHO they would need to be legalised too - Heroin and crack cause the most drug-related crime. If someone wants to fuck themselves up on it, let them. But at least if it was legal and provided by the state, it could be controlled, we would know who the users were, we could educate and treat them, and something that unfortunately will not happen with current attitudes - find out what the root problems are that are causing their adiction.

    Do you reckon if all the Israeli's and Palestinians all had a big rave up they might stop killing each other?
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    they should all smoke :chill:

    then they can't be arsed cos it'd b a mission to fight! :)
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    Nah, the israeli's would carry on invading trying to nick the palestinian's dorito's and space raiders :(
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    we cud drop in supplies of haribo! :up:
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    Would still have the problem of the palestinian's being too stoned to move out of the way of the bulldozers... Then again, it could get them to try 'passive resistance' :)
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    Maybe on the night-time it would, but it would make it a whole lot worse in the morning when there all on a fucking massive comedown!:(
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    Quite possibly... :(

    Unless it was a really good rave - everyone feeling the :love: , hugging each other, Hamas militants waving glowsticks instead of rocket launchers, Israeli's sharing their poppers (for a change... :rolleyes: ), and they all go and have a nice chilled afterparty, and eat ice cream.

    They might have made each other good clubbing buddies by then. Especially if they eat ice cream. :)
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    Everythings a posssibility I suppose!:lol:
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    Dodgy's Middle East Roadmap - wear marigolds and eat ice cream :D

    Might try and sort out Northern Ireland now - I'll get the IRA on shrooms :groovy: :lol:
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    NI aren't doing too bad atm are they? Try Nottingham's Yardies instead!
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    I love them too!:love:
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