Key claims progress in war on P

04 Dec 2010 10:30a.m.

urban druid wrote:

Tougher penalties on drug "crime"?: "the homicide rate rises an additional 20 per cent and hauls of P getting larger?" Sure seems to be working you fallas. Yeah right...

10 Nov 2010 11:33a.m.

Jim wrote:

nancy mallia
What planet did you just come from, we are in a global recession (you know, the whole planet). Also, if you kept in touch with up to date news we are the 3rd best country to live in behind Norway and (dare I say it) Australia which means we are better off than most countries but we still just love whinging!!!

09 Nov 2010 10:37p.m.

nancy mallia wrote:

Key claims many things that he has done nothing for except speak. he can claim billions of dollars of debt and record unemployment as well as a nation getting poorer and poorer.
if we don't get rid of mr Key we will see hard times like never before. mr Key can claim this to be true because it is.

09 Nov 2010 10:07p.m.

Deane wrote:

The readers here have framed the argument away from hard core drugs like P to alcohol.

Yes alcohol is a drug, it’s a mood altering drug and it’s costing the country thousands.

However there is a connection between alcohol abuse and drug abuse. Both are equally as bad.

I would like these liberal pro choice minded people explain the merits of drug taking to the victim of Stephen Wallace; a five year old girl beaten death over a P fuelled psycho session.
Yes alcohol should be controlled, and I do agree with the double standards, however this should not mean we should not have a war on drugs.

09 Nov 2010 04:57p.m.

Rhonda wrote:

Everything these days is a drug.. I think people who do P are just stupid.. thats just my opinion.

But drug control has in the past been a huge waste of resources, and as David said, there are far worse drugs still on the market that politicians will never touch.... alcohol has a high, medical cost, violence cost and rehabilitation cost.. in all honesty the government spends more money per year on dealing with the universal affects that Alcohol has.

People dont light up and cigarette and as a result go home and beat their wife into a coma are bash their children.

Count the death toll from road figures, medical illnesses caused by alcohol overuse.. the cost of pumping the stomachs of uni students each weekend, the cost of police getting onvolved, then the court system.

And the highest toll of all, thse families who have lost a loved one through drunken driving, or murder as a result of intoxification.

Seriously... go pick on the real addicts in society.. but I forget, Key, English, Bennett... like all like a wee drink or 30 after the debating chamber gets out.

09 Nov 2010 01:05p.m.

zedd wrote:

Whatever happened to "freedom of choice" ? the current Nazi-sytle 'war on drugs' is in reality "freedom from choice" ! Banning anything just drives it underground & creates black-markets.. unregulated & available to anyone (including children) who has the cash to buy it. WAKE UP Aotearoa.. PROHIBITION DOES NOT WORK.. Education & Regulation are better, more rational options. The truth is 'war on drugs' is really a civil war between the Police FORCE & those who dont tolerate the B-S this Govt. promotes !! Kia-ora

08 Nov 2010 08:07p.m.

David wrote:

And was I not reading just the other day that as usual we have it wrong about Drugs Sorry John the scientists even admit that the governments have it wrong The worst drug as decided by scientists is Alcohol Number 2 & 3 was heroin and cocaine Then came Nicotine then some others then P exstacy and marijuana ALL at the bottonm of the list.. BUT the drugs the government bans are no where as dangerous as the ones they have made legal so if it's not for health reasons they ban them then WHY ???

08 Nov 2010 07:12p.m.

Deane wrote:

The drug industry sadly has entrenched itself into our economy like cancer.

New Zealanders rate among the highest users of drugs in the OECD.

Drugs kill, they are an evil product and are invasive
by nature. Infact if we had no drugs at all, overall crime would be reduced by 2/3rds.

Governments in the past have simply ignored the problem and treasury accepts it as a fact in its projected forecasts in spending money on crime.

The reality is, this drug culture will come to a head and we all are going to pay.

I hate drug dealers with a passion and hope they all die.