Quote Originally Posted by Dedworth View Post
The problem is Last that the Pinko Do Gooders methods have been used for years and it is obvious with the massive levels of drug related crime that they simply do not work.

It is time for a radical change and the cane and rope are the perfect deterrent and punishment. Within 6 months we'd see a huge reduction of crime after a load of severe thrashings and 4 or 5 stringing up's had been dished out.
Thats the point. In this case, the so called pinko do gooders methods have not been used.

I agree that its a problem, exascerbated by not enough police, not enough prison space and not enough detox clinics and not enough money, but economically it is cheaper to to go down the treatment route. I dont agree with such draconian measures as you are in favour of. Firm hand yes, but barbarism no. I sincerely hope that if you ever have a close relative that was unlucky enough or even stupid enough to get hooked, you wouldnt reach for the rope or the birch or the bullet. As it can happen to anyone - it doesnt stop at class boundaries.

By the way, Methadone is also an opiate. It is really just a heroin substitute. So dishing it out in prisons doesnt help. In fact dishing it out doesnt help at all. It is actually more dangerous than heroin as it rots the marrow.