DF vil bekæmpe det åbenlyse hashsalg på Christiania

Efter at metroXpress i går skrev, at hashsalget stadig finder sted på Christiania, opfordrer DF’s næstformand, Peter Skaarup, nu regeringen og justitsmini­steren til at forstærke kampen mod den ulovlige hashhandel. Det skriver Ber­lingske.dk.

»Grundlæggende er der tre ben, som skal styrkes: Det ene er en meget bedre grænsekontrol, som nærmest ikke eksisterer i dag. Det andet er politiets ressourcer, og det tredje er markant højere straffe til narko-pusherne. Vi skal have fat i dem, som sælger hashen, og de skal straffes hårdt. I dag kan der kun gives nogle bøder på et par tusinde kroner, og det er der ikke nogen effekt i,« siger Peter Skaarup til Berlingske.dk. Peter Skaarup håber, at tiltagene kan forbedre situationen på Christiania.

Han opfordrer regeringen til at komme med en ny status på fornyelsen af fristaden, som blev vedtaget i 2004.

Drugs Prohibition - Child protection or Protection Racket

The following article from Danny Kushlick, will appear in the May issue of Oxford University's student magazine 'Oxford Forum'. It'll be a companion piece to an article by Dr Raj Persaud in which he declares that smoking skunk is like playing Russian Roulette.

Drugs Prohibition - Child protection or Protection Racket

“To prevent them from turning to drug misuse, they must also be protected from drug dealers and the pressures of living in neighbourhoods where drugs are too often an everyday reality.”
“…we will prevent young people from using drugs by maintaining prohibition which deters use…”
UK Government’s Updated Drug Strategy 2002

“To punish the evil of drug pushers who poison our children: I want the tough new powers…”
“…we will send out a clear message that drugs are never going to be decriminalised.”
Gordon Brown’s speech to Labour Party Conference, Sept 2007

Protection racket – an extortion scheme whereby a powerful entity coerces other less powerful entities to pay protection money which allegedly serves to purchase "protection" services against external threats. (Wikipedia)

Many times over the last ten years the Government has repeated its assertion that being ‘tough on drugs’ means backing prohibition to the hilt. But is it protecting those it claims to, or is it a racket?

All the evidence shows that illegal drug use has increased massively under prohibition. In 1971 when the Misuse of Drugs Act came into force there were about 5000 heroin users. There are now over 300 000. Hundreds of thousands more use cocaine and ecstasy and millions regularly smoke cannabis. None of these users has access to minimum standards in quality control or product information (including levels of concentration or safer use guides).

Få man kun er en bøde på 2000 kr. for at sælge hash? Det er da egenlig underligt når man får en bøde på 2500 for at ryge hash