Chris Simmons, Simmons consulting

I think that your comments concerning the legalisation of drugs is a worthy one, although practically it will not be accepted by both the US and those countries who manufacture these products, there is no quick fix. Partly there would need to be a greater awareness concerning drugs and what they do to people in the terms of physical and mental health and partly what it would do to society, does it diminish it responsibility to it’s populace? It would not remove the crime but make it more pervasive initially and increase more violent assault and robbery until the people involved in the trade find another less violent way of earning a living. The way forward for any society is through education and changing the economic structure of society by fairer wealth distribution and social reforms so those people most at risk of becoming traders in drugs are given greater opportunities of earning a decent living. This will create better roll models for the children today who could have different aspirations than being a drug lord or working for one.