Lemmy talks about legalizing heroin
January 17th, 2010If you don’t know who Lemmy Kilmister is, he’s the lead singer and bass player for a band called Motorhead. I happen to like their music as they were a precursor to Speed Metal, a genre of music that I greatly enjoyed in the 80s.
He’s also a very intelligent man. At 64 years of age, they’re still touring the world and still making music. Their latest album was dang good and Lemmy seems to have the same views of war that I do. I do not believe in glorifying war. War is horrible. It is hell. There is nothing sexy about seeing your best friend’s brains spilling out on a battlefield. Literally spilling out.
Now you know I support the troops and whenever they go off to war, I wish them a quick victory and a quick trip home. When you got friends and family in the military serving your country, it kind of makes war a little bit more personal.
Dang. I went off on a tangent again. I’m not supposed to be talking war. I’m supposed to be talking about heroin.
OK, back to topic. I hate heroin. I’ve never tried it. I’ve seen it in real life plenty of times. I’d never try that stuff. Ever. No desire to.
However, I think Lemmy hit the nail on the head:
“I have never had heroin but since I moved to London from north Wales in ‘67 I have mixed with junkies on a casual and almost daily basis,” he said.
“I also lived with a young woman who tried heroin just to see what it was like. It killed her three years later. I hate the idea even as I say it, but I do believe the only way to treat heroin is to legalise it.” He stated that legalisation would eradicate the drug dealer from society.
Exactly my belief. I hate the stuff. It destroys families, not just users. For the record, if a heroin junkie breaks into my house, I’m shooting him dead and will have no remorse about it. It’s for defense of my family, as a heroin junkie will do anything to get his fix, including killing your entire family to get your valuables.
But there’s simply too much demand for it. The way to treat it is to legalize it. I know that sounds absurd to some folks but it’s true. Countries that have set up systems to do this have taken out the drug dealer from the equation. And as bad as a junkie is, drug dealers are their puppet masters. They need to be taken out. Legalizing it takes them out. It’s as simple as that.
Agree? Disagree? Either way, I’d love to hear what you say.
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Source for Lemmy quote - Lemmy talks about drugs.
I disagree. and right at this second i can’t even get into why (bella is crying,so i really do need to go) but the prime reason is that legalizing it just brings a bigger pimp to par (like pfeiffer or who’d ever touch it), and it would be legal to do, so no real ramifications law-wise. I think there is a difference between heroin and say, pot. And I don’t think legalizing something that can kill you off the first use, or have you so looped out to kill others, is smart. It’s bad business, never mind morality.
I like how Singapore deals with drug trafficking. If you get caught bringing in drugs, you get the death penalty; no messing around.
There are certain substances that should be legal and regulated. However, heroin is, IMHO, far too dangerous to do that with. I do agree with the Harm Reduction approach to drug addiction though - which is not criminalizing the people and throwing them in jail, but giving treatment where it is needed AND realizing that drug treatment is often an ongoing process with heroin. A lot of treatment programs will throw you out if you use AT ALL while in treatment - rather than working with you to get you back on track.
Actually, a work friend wrote a very personal piece about her own addiction a few months ago:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/kathie-kanewillis/the-real-road-to-recovery_b_217645.html
She hits the nail on the head, imho.
All good responses. Thank you.
It’s back to the drawing board for me. As I’ve said before, none of my beliefs are set in stone.
Still learning…
I hate reality shows, but one way to make them useful is to put a set of heroin junkies or crackheads in a house, deprive them of drugs, and watch how they react. Not only would that be quality entertainment, it would keep a lot of young people off drugs.
That is probably the most heartless thing I’ve ever heard. I hope that’s sarcasm (which is difficult to tell in print) and you’re not actually advocating using true human misery as entertainment.
I’m sure you’ve heard a lot more heartless things than crackhead jokes. My point was if young people see actual footage of how dangerous drugs are, there would be fewer drug problems.