2006.07.14. 17:49
Hrvatska je drzava u kojoj se debakl pravnog sustava u borbi protiv organiziranog kriminala i narko dilera (poster child) pokusava zataskati donosenjem krajnje ridikulnih zakona kojima politicari fingiraju odlucnost i glume strogocu. Tako Ana Lovrin,
Ministrica pravosuđa, u najnovijem interviewu u Jutarnjem Listu:
Ana Lovrin: Bolje da me otmu nego da se proda jedan joint
otkriva svu svoju nekompetenciju kada je u pitanju promisljanje borbe protiv droge. Poput nevinog djeteta, a ne ministirce odgovorne za jednu od najvaznijih komponenti pravne drzave u borbi protiv droge,
izjavljuje: "Priznat ću da ne znam koliko tih 70 tableta [ecstasyja] može trajati nekome tko se drogira i koja je razlika između njih i konoplje."
OK. Buduci da je ministrica toliko ostra i odlucna u borbi protiv droga, i uopce je ne zanimaju razlike izmedju njih, onda joj nema druge nego pokrenuti ostru borbu protiv droge koja je po svim mjerilima opasnija i toksicnija od marihuane, i masovno se konzumira sirom Hrvatske: etilni alkohol (etanol)!
Radi se o drogi koja se masovno prodaje i nitko ne poduzima nista da je zaustavi. U ovom clanaku u American Scientist ukratko su rezimirani rezultati istrazivanja toksicnosti raznih rekreacijskih droga:
The Toxicity of Recreational Drugs
Etanol je po svim mjerilima opasniji od marihuane!
Za detalje procitajte clanak, a ovdje samo copy/paste-am i boldam neke kljucne djelove.
"The most toxic recreational drugs, such as GHB (gamma-hydroxybutyrate) and heroin, have a lethal dose less than 10 times their typical effective dose. The largest cluster of substances has a lethal dose that is 10 to 20 times the effective dose: These include cocaine, MDMA (methylenedioxymethamphetamine, often called "ecstasy") and alcohol. A less toxic group of substances, requiring 20 to 80 times the effective dose to cause death, include Rohypnol (flunitrazepam or "roofies") and mescaline (peyote cactus). The least physiologically toxic substances, those requiring 100 to 1,000 times the effective dose to cause death, include psilocybin mushrooms and marijuana, when ingested. I've found no published cases in the English language that document deaths from smoked marijuana, so the actual lethal dose is a mystery. My surmise is that smoking marijuana is more risky than eating it but still safer than getting drunk.
Alcohol thus ranks at the dangerous end of the toxicity spectrum. ..., if alcohol were a newly formulated beverage, its high toxicity and addiction potential would surely prevent it from being marketed as a food or drug. This conclusion runs counter to the common view that one's own use of alcohol is harmless. That mistaken impression arises for several reasons.
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A simpleminded look at the ratio of effective to lethal doses ignores many complications, some of which are well recognized, some rather subtle. Take, for example, the fact that danger generally increases with repetitive consumption. High blood levels of a drug, without rest periods between use, tend to heighten risk, because the affected organs do not have sufficient time to recover. Studies of MDMA use, for example, show that relatively small repeated doses result in disproportionately large increases of MDMA in blood plasma. Cocaine is the substance that induces the highest rate of repetitive consumption as a result of mood change. Heroin and alcohol come in second and third. Also, the tendency of a user to take a "booster" dose prematurely is greater with substances that require an hour or more to provide the full psychological effect—during the interim the user often assumes that the original dose was not sufficiently potent. This phenomenon routinely occurs with dextromethorphan (found in cough medicines), GHB and MDMA.
Overdose quantities that are based on acute toxicity also do not take into account the probability that an individual will become addicted. This probability can be cast as a drug's capture ratio: Of the people who sample a particular substance, what portion will become physiologically or psychologically dependent on the drug for some period of time? Heroin and methamphetamine are the most addictive by this measure. Cocaine, pentobarbital (a fast-acting sedative), nicotine and alcohol are next, followed by marijuana and possibly caffeine. Some hallucinogens—notably LSD, mescaline and psilocybin—have little or no potential for creating dependence.
Finally, a comparison of overdose fatalities does not take into account cognitive impairments and risky or aggressive behaviors that sometimes follow drug use. And as most people are well aware, a substantial proportion of violent confrontations, rapes, suicides, automobile accidents and AIDS-related illnesses are linked to alcohol intoxication.
Despite the health risks and social costs, consciousness-altering chemicals have been used for centuries in almost all cultures. So it would be unrealistic to expect that all types of recreational drug use will suddenly cease. Self-management of these substances is extremely difficult, yet modern Western societies have not, in general, developed positive, socially sanctioned rituals as a means of regulating the use of some of the less hazardous recreational drugs." |
| Vlada moze imati popustljiviji ili tvrdji stav prema ovom ili onom ponasanju, za sve ce se testirati na izborima. Ali u isto vrijeme dok su notorni kriminalci vrlo ugledni gradjani, krema drustva s kojom se mnogi politicari i policajci vole druziti (valjda ne caskaju o biznisu pri tome), dotle se pendreci treniraju i cistunstvo dokazuje na nekim anonimcima radi jointa. Neka visi Pedro. |
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| Postoje vrlo meritorna misljenja ljudi koji se time bave kao i pravnih strucnjaka kako problem droga tretirati (i sto ne tretirati) u kaznenom zakonodavstvu. #1 je svakako pruzio dio odgovora zasto je tome tako. |
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Ma sve je to jedno veliko najobičnije kontraproduktivno sr... Ako netko puši travu, uopće ne znači da će završiti na heroinu. Da je to tako, onda bi oko 20% Hrvata, uključujući i mene, odavno bili đankoze... Da se razumijemo, ovdje ne želim opravdavati pušenje marihuane niti konzumiranje bilo koje droge. Želim samo reći da uzimanje marihuane nije isto, nije ni slično, uzimanju teških droga, kakve su heroin ili kokain. Neki statistički podaci govore o tome kako puno češći put do horsa vodi preko, već u #1 prozvane i općeprihvaćene droge, etanola. A taj široko prihaćeni, pa čak i odobravani, etanol je vrlo smrtonosna droga. Sjetite se samo koliko ljudi godišnje umire od posljedica uzimanja alkohola, pa tome pribrojite posredne žrtve, one koji poginu u prometnim nesrećama koje je uzrokovala neka pijana budala, koliko ljudi trpi različite vrste zlostavljanja od strane alkoholičara... itd. itd. U kampanji "protiv" droge, nadalje, na TVu, često možemo vidjeti kako netko pripaljuje joint, da bi zatim tu scenu zamijenila scena grijanja heroina u zlici. Koja je poruka? Evo: "Čujte vi, kreteni koji pušite joint! Svi ćete završiti na heroinu i skončat ćete u nekom javnom WCu!" I šta sad da misli jedan mladi, neupućeni čovjek, koji je možda jednom povukao dim trave? Da je gotov, da je zauvijek obilježen i da se nezaustavljivim putem krece k najdubljim dubinama pakla droge. Mislim da kampanju treba temeljitzi na znanstvenim činjenicama i jasno reći kako pušenje trave nije isto što i šmrkanje koke ili intravenozno uzimanje heroina. Treba reći da marihuana nije toliko strašno zlo, ali da treba biti jako oprezan i da su mnoge droge među najgorim stvarima što čovjek može učiniti sam sebi. Btw. jedna cura, koja je heroinska ovisnica, jednom mi je rekla kako je najgora stvar kod heroina to što je osjećaj, kad ga prvi put uzmeš, nešto toliko dobro, neusporedivo s bilo čime... I onda te čežnja za ponavljanjem tog osjećaja vuče sve dublje i dublje. |
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