Well i saw part of the speech on ABC24 last night but it sounded like some over-the-counter drug was being banned from chemists and supermarkets. Seriously the media needs to be pulled into line. From the way they were going on i thought something like panadol had been banned.

http://www.skynews.com.au/topstories/article.aspx?id=878558

Apparently its about these drugs that wouldn't be sold in chemists or supermarkets.

SOB

Sir Spot of Borg wrote on Jun 10^th, 2013 at 6:18am:

Well i saw part of the speech on ABC24 last night but it sounded like some over-the-counter drug was being banned from chemists and supermarkets. Seriously the media needs to be pulled into line. From the way they were going on i thought something like panadol had been banned. http://www.skynews.com.au/topstories/article.aspx?id=878558 Apparently its about these drugs that wouldn't be sold in chemists or supermarkets. SOB

SOB

While morally most would agree this is appalling, but rationally I can't see how such laws can work.

Synthetic drugs can evolve quicker than the law (much like Internet trading)  so ban one and another pops up, its like playing whack-a-mole.

I can see all sorts of problems, so exactly what are they banning ?
Legally it needs a chemical definition, a method of detection and a classification to work out punishment.

Might be good politics but the law has trouble dealing with the current known drugs, I was on a fishing trip in a rural area a year ago, went to what you would call a country pub ...... got offered all sorts of drugs, three blind mice could figure out the drug trade, I was not known to anyone yet they felt comfortable to offer me drugs.

If people want to operate within the law selling this poo , perhaps they should also take responsibility for the consequences of its use.
Unlike tobacco and alcohol sellers I know.

miketrees wrote on Jun 10^th, 2013 at 8:00am:

If people want to operate within the law selling this poo , perhaps they should also take responsibility for the consequences of its use. Unlike tobacco and alcohol sellers I know.

And what about self accountability for the morons playing chemical lotto .... synthetic or not ?

Moral outrage is wonderful, but what law are they actually breaking by selling this stuff ?