I haven't done a blog in a while, guess I haven't had much to talk about recently. So, prepare for some opinions.
The other day I read something in a paper about a campaign to legalise illegal drugs. At first I thought, this is crazy! Why would anyone want to do that? Then as I thought more about it, I realised how completely wrong I was before. For example, if the government were to legalise cannabis, then immediately you get less police time wasted on chasing drug users, and more time dealing with real crime, like murder, rape and theft. I mean, if someone chooses to use cannabis, then they are doing it at their own risk - it's their body after all. But the thing is, cannabis doesn't affect anybody else apart from the user until you make it illegal - that's when its dangerous. When you make it illegal, suddenly people have to hide it (it makes no difference if its illegal or not - people are still going to use it) and that's the problem. Its the hiding that causes horrible cases of drug muling, smuggling it into the country, people getting hunted down and hurt, even murdered due to unpaid debts to drug-dealers.
So my point is, why are drugs like this illegal if banning them makes no difference to the amount used, it wastes police time, fills up prisons and causes more serious crime? It's crazy to me. Especially when cigarettes are legal, yet they harm smokers and people surrounding the smoker.
I'm sure you can find petitions to sign on the internet, and I bet I have missed out a few crucial points on this matter, but I kinda wanted to express my opinion on this somewhere, and here it is. Pick holes in it all you like, but it makes sense to me.
Arcade Fire - The Suburbs
I love the feel of this song, like its portraying a sad scene but in a beautiful way. Anyway, I think it deserves more listens.
P.S Apologies for the lack of music-ness in this post, I just wanted to say something about this matter.
