tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28543539.post7136042321709028352..comments2023-09-20T11:15:28.673+01:00Comments on Transform Drug Policy Foundation Blog: New report on 'Adulterants, Bulking agents and other Contaminants found in illicit drugs'janehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15263261726046054614noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28543539.post-35134396890437313082010-04-26T11:58:49.564+01:002010-04-26T11:58:49.564+01:00anon - I have mentioned the issue re contamination...anon - I have mentioned the issue re contamination of legal products, and also dont see why some of the context could not have been discussed in recommedations. Existing options such as heroin prescribing are also not mentioned.Steve Rolleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11487781869462634203noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28543539.post-85340620682844616622010-04-26T09:38:44.769+01:002010-04-26T09:38:44.769+01:00"If there is one shortcoming in the report is..."If there is one shortcoming in the report is its failure to state that these issues are unambiguously and entirely the fault of prohibition and the illicit production and supply infrastructure it has created."<br /><br />Slightly unfair as the report was only intended to be a review of available data, and there is no body of work to suggest that the main cause of contamination is prohibition. It may make intuitive sense of course, but its important not to go beyond thedata, or make too much of the limited data available. <br /><br />Furthermore, legal medicinal products are still subject to the same manufacturing vagaries as illicit ones; consider fake medicines and generics.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28543539.post-57695212933259548492010-04-23T16:00:14.168+01:002010-04-23T16:00:14.168+01:00Thank you Steve,
I notice you state 'legal an...Thank you Steve,<br /><br />I notice you state 'legal and policy' framework as if they are seperate when, as a matter of law, the legal framework and the principles of this domestic legal system dictate policy and not the contrary. <br /><br /><br />Currently, this Government believes ideology dictates policy which dictates law. This is not harm reduction; this is harm production.Maffickerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00967087178902133975noreply@blogger.com