Let’s be honest about why recreational drugs are banned in NZ
Majority of NZ drug and alcohol users experience no negative effects, study shows
Almost two-thirds of respondents to a nationwide survey say they don’t experience any negative effects from using alcohol or drugs.
It’s generally understood a lot of recreational alcohol or drug use isn’t harmful, but this is the first time in New Zealand – and perhaps globally – it has been quantified.
The data comes from the annual New Zealand Drug Trends Survey, an anonymous online survey run by Massey University’s Shore and Whāriki Research Centre. The latest survey is the first time respondents were asked about a full range of negative experiences from alcohol or drug use in the previous six months; 63% of a sample of almost 5000 users reported no harm over that time.
This isn’t surprising to lead researcher Professor Chris Wilkins, but he thinks “it will be surprising to some” because of the public’s negative connotations attached to drug use in general.
NZ Herald
Capitalism requires you are angry and frightened and stressed out. It is driven by a consumerism culture that is always attempting to sell you happiness while playing to your neurosis and low self esteem.
During Covid lockdown, many workers had their first opportunity to scrutinise their wage addiction and quality of life and many decided to not come back.
The real reason drugs are banned in society is because if you are high, you can’t work.
Capitalism demands obedience from the broken, if you are soaring the cosmic skies and considering all matter is connected and that we are one consciousness, the boss isn’t exploiting you properly.
Drugs are illegal because Capitalism demands compliance from those it works to death, it doesn’t want you conscious or looking for deeper answers, it wants you vulnerable, weak and easily manipulated under its narrative structures of reality, not yours.
That so many using drugs face no negative side effect should be a headline screamed from the roofs, but the fact it is ignored, the fact the entire rational for the war on drugs is revealed to be false, the fact that there is another way of dealing with all of this highlights that the the system will not allow the simple truth of you not suffering any significant negative impact from illegally taking drugs to even be considered.
Capitalism requires broken down easily manipulated worker drones, it doesn’t want self-realising individuals.
This is one of the great quotes I have read. Is it yours Martyn or did you recognise its worth yourself first?
Capitalism requires you are angry and frightened and stressed out. It is driven by a consumerism culture that is always attempting to sell you happiness while playing to your neurosis and low self esteem. |…
I have come to realise how this meme pervades the whole of our interactions and so there is no reason, rationality or advance of values in much of what happens to us, around us; our society now seems to be run by edict and fiat.
Narcotics must never be made legal!
If that ever happens crims like myself will be made destitute and have to seek honest employment.
The present system enables me to maintain a lifestyle the equal of Bishop Brian Tamaki( a fellow crook).
Am I a parasite for feeding people’s addictions? Oh come on!
Tobacco companies, Alcohol manufacturers, Casinos, TAB all do that legally and the government loves the tax revenue it brings in.
Legalise drugs and what happens?
First the quality improves( though I personally claim to high standards I can say the same for all dealers).
Buyers and sellers have legal redress. No more dodgy deals and sorting out issues with baseball bats.
With the drug market open to all comers competition will mean I will have to reduce price and (ugh!) pay taxes and be licensed.
AND the winner for politicians – donations from the dealers to political parties in the same fashion as tobacco, liquor, gambling lobbyists.
At present there are millions of dollars of untaxed income going to people like myself and I want to keep things like that.
I mean people will still rob, steal cheat and prostitute themselves to get money to buy drugs but again they do that if they are alcoholics, smokers or gamblers.
So please lobby your local Member of Parliament to keep things exactly as they are.
“Let’s be honest” the headline says, but I don’t think you are not being honest at all. I don’t think that you are the illicit drug dealer you claim to be. More likely a small time user who wants to be able to use legally and relatively cheaply, and therefore actually wants legalization. The “crim” persona is a crude attempt at reverse psychology on your readers. Am I right?
I do not use recreational drugs or alcohol (drug) and I do not experience any negative effects from that decision. A self selecting survey is not an accurate way to determine the harm from drug use. I know that people can enjoy life with some drug use and still provide for their needs although I also know people that have ruined their life by drug use which is why I would support a greater health focus instead of criminal penalties for minor use. My greatest concern about drugs is that users lose the ability to understand spiritual issues which restricts their appreciation of what the future could be for them.
A relative became addicted to drugs (heroin and other drugs) with all sorts of adverse consequences for himself and his family and social relations. Yet he himself believed, or at least claimed, that there were no negative consequences from his drug use. Eventually he suffered serious injury while under the influence of multiple drugs and subsequently took his own life. What a waste of time and money that survey was. The surprising, and comforting news is that 37% of drug users acknowledge that they are suffering harm as a result.
Well said Geoff Fischer.
‘Well said Geoff Fischer.’
Absolutely Bob! Keep the profits of drug dealing in the hands of criminals like me.
Glad to see you supporting the free market.
Vicious parasites like you and I have to stick together.