Cocaine seizure - Dublin Port

With the exception of The Collective Formerly Known As Shakespeare, that is a list of non-entities though. Not sure what it proves? Money + celebrity + cocaine + something, something = ?

Freud would be a better example. You know the fella, the oversexed coke head who developed a theory of mind which claimed that human activity is based on the psychic energy associated with sexual urges. What a surprise! :D

I'd like to ask him 'Dr. Freud, which came first, the theory of the libido or the cocaine addiction and associated oversexualization of everyday experience?'

Which, 3 days after I've posted it, you have still not countered any of it even slightly. Instead you've moaned about the post being too long ... As I said before, it takes less than a minute to read what I wrote.

You started by accusing me of throwing spears... but you're the one throwing spears here. Deflecting/dismissing by calling a post fluff or claiming it's quantity over quality, when you have't even shown that there is a lack of quality.

Um, you do know what verbose means, don't you? You've just contradicted yourself. Again.

I don't think anyone believes that!

Did prohibition prevent me? I think I have already stated that I did take drugs.

Nope. No "Aha got you" moment, but then I'm not a teenager.

You keep saying that my post was too long, lacking quality, being verbose, but... you haven't countered anything I said. Nothing. This is why I asked whether you really wanted to be on CA. This isn't a forum about the English language. It's a forum where people discuss and express their opinions on the topic on hand. Which you've consistently failed to do, except for your initial opinion piece, and even that was more about the discussion I had with another poster.

Great start on your new account btw.

Except, that's not the case in countries which have relaxed their laws about drug usage, especially where drug quality is regulated by the State. The problem arises when the State decides to tax the F out of the drug while making it available. The only reason there is a black market for cigarettes and rolling tobacco in Ireland, is because they cost so damn much in comparison with the rest of Europe.

When you look at the addiction stats for cocaine or many other drugs you find the 1 in 5 or 20% of users being more susceptible to becoming addicted, and there are a variety of factors to determine that addiction, from personal circumstances, to the quality of the drugs themselves. Typically, the purer the drug (for something like cannabis or coke), the less risk there is for the user (except for other drugs such as heroin). It's when suppliers and dealers cut their product adding in extra substances, that the drugs become far more dangerous and unpredictable.

Nothing is going to end the illegal drug trade, because they'll simply move on to something else. However, we can vastly reduce the range of products available to them to sell. As for more people using.. that doesn't really happen. At least there hasn't been any major increases in countries like Portugal as a result of their changes to drug use. Many people try cannabis or coke, once or twice, and never touch it again. TBH I suspect a large part of the initial appeal in taking drugs is because it's illegal.

Speak to any regular user of drugs and they would leap at the chance to buy their supply from the State, if it was reasonably priced, and with a guarantee for quality. Which would drastically cut into the income of the criminal gangs.

Where do the owners of Amsterdam coffee shops or Spanish cannabis clubs get their marijuana?

Most of it comes from illegal drug dealers. If drugs are to be legalised, they cannot come from drug cartels. So, unless the Irish government are to start licencing drug manufacturing, I'm not sure how it could work.