Global rise in new 'legal highs' - UN World Drug Report

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-23058289


New synthetic drugs are constantly being produced

Governments everywhere are struggling to cope with an increase in the number of new drugs known as "legal highs", according to a UN report.

The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) says the use of traditional drugs such as heroin and cocaine is globally stable.

But new synthetic substances are being constantly spread via the internet, the office's latest World Drug Report says.

It stresses that these seemingly legal drugs can have deadly effects.

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1. Legalize and this problem goes away in seconds.

But I guess freaking out over every new synthetic drug is a lot more profitable for the ruling class.

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3. No solution is good

The current law is obviously broken.

Legalize and regulate, and we wind up with another Big Tobacco. (Can you even imagine what RJR would do with currently-illegal drugs?)

Legalize and don't regulate, and it's even worse.

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2. All because they outlaw cannabis. n/t