It makes no sense. People being tested for drugs (that the state has declared illegal) in order to see if they are allowed to take drugs (that the state has declared legal)?
The irony:
Ch Insp Innes Walker, of Grampian Police, said that as a result of the trial period in October "people had a greater confidence that they could enjoy a night out without fear of encountering drugs".
People can have a night out getting completely {bleep}-faced on a drug, with confidence that they could enjoy a night out without fear of encountering drugs?
If we accept the Government's idea that alcohol is okay and illegal drugs aren't, shouldn't this mean we would rather people move from illegal drugs to legal drugs?
The idea that people would "encounter" drugs is rather mad - just because someone has taken non-alcohol drugs doesn't mean that they're going to be forcing them upon other people. Maybe Scotland is different, but I've never had a problem - in fact, alcohol causes vastly more problems. (Everytime I hurry through a busy town centre on a Saturday night, I'm obviously thinking "My God, some of these people might have traces of drugs on their hands".)
