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Pub-goers drug tested
« on: November 01, 2008, 12:20:12 AM »
Pub-goers in Aberdeen are facing a drugs test before entering bars as part of a crackdown by Grampian Police.

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/north_east/7702856.stm
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Re: Pub-goers drug tested
« Reply #1 on: November 01, 2008, 12:21:53 AM »
Scary :(.
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Re: Pub-goers drug tested
« Reply #2 on: November 03, 2008, 10:27:40 PM »
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odin wrote:
Scary :(.


Very scary.

To what end? I can see no valid reason for this other than, 'how dare you take drugs other than the legal one you want to take on these premises?'


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Re: Pub-goers drug tested
« Reply #3 on: November 05, 2008, 02:40:03 AM »
Sounds like you guys are trying to be more like Amerika. You know, Brits aren't allowed in bars ("pubs") here anymore. Apparently, the Government thought you all drank too much and were corrupting the drunken American youth!

That's why I only have my whiskey with tea!  :lol:
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Re: Pub-goers drug tested
« Reply #4 on: November 14, 2008, 11:18:03 PM »
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:
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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".)
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