PMQs today was interesting. Of the many things that came up, the one I want to address today is drugs and legalisation.
I have stated that I feel that they should be legalised and regulated, but Starmer raised an important point, that being date-rape drugs. While his view in PMQ's is that drugs should not be legalised and regulated, I do think that he is right about date rape drugs like GHB and flunitrazepam (also known as Rohypnol). I had a chat with my daughter about this later in the day. We both agreed that drugs like this should not be legalised as the idea of legalisation and regulation is about risk reduction to the user.
It is because of this, that I do not think that there is a point in the legalisation and regulation of anabolic steroids. Drugs ruin peoples lives, and making them legal will not stop them doing so, but doing so may help reduce some of the harm that they cause. Also, it will probably reduce the rates of drug related crime and has seen to have advantages abroad.
