Harringay, Haringey - So Good they Spelt it Twice!
Would like some insight about anti-social behaviour
As I was walking past Tesco yesterday, past the youths that congregate around there, I was once again so disappointed to see drug deals being made openly on the street. I know that this is not a new problem, but I just don't understand why it is allowed to happen there. All the time.
I'm just wondering if any of you long-time residents of the area could enlighten me on the status of policing the area and why kids can just stand on the high street and deal so openly. Boggles my mind. Thanks!
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Permalink Reply by Finsbury Park Ranger on
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Heroin addicts are sick, hence why I suggest we use doctors to help them. Marijuana addicts on the whole are pandering to a life style choice hence why I recommend a pharmacist to supply them.
I would argue that it's far better than the boys in Turnpike Lane.
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Permalink Reply by Antoinette on
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Again you keep focusing on "addicts". Not everyone that does drugs are addicted to them just as not everyone who drinks are alcoholics. I want to know where a functioning recreational drug user would be obtaining their drugs under your suggested regime. You don't seem to have an answer.
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At least give us all a number that works...
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0300 123 6600
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Permalink Reply by Michael Anderson on
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They have a good website too
http://m.talktofrank.com/
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I would suggest that anyone engaging in regular substance use and can't easily face a month without that substance is an addict. A large proportion of the Brtitish population in my mind are alcohol addicts and to a lesser extent with much less harm to themselves and everyone else, marijuana addicts.
By admitting this as a society we can begin to take the first step forward towards addressing this problem.
Many doctors use three months as a good guide if someone has an addiction, it's not after three months abstinence do some deem the patient free from their addiction.
Medicalising, not criminalsing this problem is a great way forward.
Just because so many of our community are functioning addicts doesn't mean to say the addiction isn't something we should be open and honest about as a community.
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You still haven't answered my question as to where people would ordinarily buy drugs. It seems to me that they would still be using drug-dealers and with the "dealing" comes the violence and anti-social behaviour. Medicalising addiction is not going to do away with drug-dealing.
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Over the counter 1960 strength marijuana for anyone that has requested a pharmacy account with their doctor on the basis that they accept they are an addict.
Prescription supplied class A drugs provided by specialist doctors who believe that the addict would benefit from this course of action.
All substances ( including alcohol and gambling) requiring an ID system that can be self locked for a period of time should that person wish to deny themselves access to get clean.
It will be better than the system we have believe me. It also happens to have the added benefit of making one hell of a lot money. None of the drugs would be free on prescription, all sold at market rate.
Some industries would lose from alcohol advertising but the saving to the NHS would be considerable. The saving to social services, police etc would be considerable too.
No doubt there will still be a few idiots around but their will be a huge new sum of money to spend policing public areas, youth clubs and more money for intensive work with problem families etc right at the beginning.
It would also give us a world leading database to learn from.
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Still your obsession with addictions. In order to become addicted in the first place you have to buy drugs from a drug-dealer don't you?
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Maybe first and early users would be encouraged to sign something to say that they accept that they have a 20% chance ( or whatever it is for weed , its 66% for nicotine I think) of becoming a life long addict just from that first packet and consequential packets and encouraged to take some well focused free advice at that stage and offered a cooling down period and inform them they can self lock themselves from this process for as long as they wish at any time.
Different approaches could be trailed and learnt from.
I would encourage the medical option to focus the user always on dangers of their path towards addiction but also appreciate that often risk is a key reason why young people take drugs so be careful to trial different messages to see what works best.
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So you're advocating that all a young person who'd never tried it before would have to do is sign a piece of paper to be able to buy cannabis over the counter....I really don't think you've thought that through.
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