Drugs

What we covered in the lesson that was interesting to me was how drugs were used in past times and how they were legal and easy to buy. We got shown cocaine that was used in tooth paste and heroin as a cough suppressant. I was than interested I looked up some of my own. I found it seems every illegal drug was once legal and that class A and B drugs were as easy in the past as us buying paracetamol. Coca cola used to have real cocaine in it and speed was used to reduce headaches and weak nerves.
Also we covered hallucination drugs like LSD. And looked at a cool man called Ken Kessly, who did acid tests on his students and did LSD gigs from his van while moving around America.
http://www.pharmacytechs.net/blog/old-school-medicine-ads

We had a class debate on whether drugs should become legal to buy.
Some said yes because at least making drugs legal would me

• clean drugs with no dodgy ingredients added.
  




• The government could make a lot of money through tax.
  




• And that if people had them available to buy, then they would be less likely to want to buy them.
  

Other said no to making drugs legal because there would be

• more addicts which means more money spent on the national help for drug related problems.
  




• Also crack heads could break into people houses.
  




• And that people on drugs could be violent and this means more violence in Britain.
  




• Also that drugs being legal could open up a large black market just how there is fake fags.
  




• Jobs would never get done
  I found that more people agreed that drugs should be illegal rather than legal. Which I agree because all these points may happen and also i believe Britian would be worse and more children and teenagers would start taking drugs too.

If i could make a drug legal it would be marijuna because it has alot of benifits for health and it been proven. i replied to a responce and the person mentioned Rastifarianism which also considered it to health health benifits so i did some reasearch.

Rastafarians belive marijuna has spirtural calming and healing method in it use.And that it is sacred and uses biblical texts to back it beliefs, and also use it in prayer.

Ask frank said you can develop mental heath issues in later life and get a increased risk to psycotic illnessess like schizophri. And also that it becomes addictive.