Smoking V illegal drugs,Alcohol addiction and Gambaling
Posted by coolcatmillie on Wednesday, 15 November 2006 11:54:31
There has been much debate over human's rights, and people's freedom.
Which is sometime not a bad thing, however I do feel sometimes that to give one person their right and freedom you take away another's.
I just wondered what those who support human right, equality and freedom think about
The smoking ban that will soon be force.
Before I go any further, I would like to point out that I amcouldr a Smoking bam in public places, and I just wondered if anyone can answer the following.
We all agree that smoking is an addiction,
We all agree that drug abuse is an addiction,
We all agree the alcoholism can be an addiction
We all agree that gambling can be an addiction.
However the sympathy with the last 4 addiction is greater than that of Smoking, I don't believe I have ever heard anyone say "yes, but smoking is an illness" and lets tread carefully", what I have heard is stick smokers in a corner and ignore them as if they were riddled with some form of highly contagious disease.
And I have heard "lets work with these druggies, and drunks who beat their wives, lets look outside the box to find out why they do these things and feel so dependant on the drug their cant live without".
If we are to take a smokers right for their addiction away from them in a public place, to protect the freedom of those who do not want to die through passive smoking, surley we must take away the freedom of those who are walking the streets doped up and drunk,
After all there is more chance being harmed by them than there is of passive smoking.
There are many reports of figure regarding passive smoking; estimates that domestic exposure to second-hand smoke in the UK causes around 2,700 deaths in people aged 20-64.
Where alcohol is responsible on average 3,000 people are killed or seriously injured each year in drink drive collisions and in 2005 more than one in four of all deaths on the road involved drivers who are over the legal alcohol limit.
I cant find the figure for them addimited to A&E; for admission for, after being attacked by a drunk or druggie, but I'm sure someone can, And I have no doubt that they are very much higher than that of passive smoking.
My point here is that We are willing to take away a smokers freedom, and confine them to smoking at home only, but still allow them to buy cigarettes, drugs are illegal and it is also an offence to be drunk and disordoly, but we see it every weekend!
Will allow people to get high as a kyte, and so drunk there are incapable of knowing what they are doing to roam the streets and take away the freedom of those who would like to go for a quiet trip to the theatre or night out without the fear of being attacked.
After all smokers will not kill/mug or attack for money to feed their addiction,
I think there is more chance in Britain today that those who have a right and the freedom to stand at a bus stop are likely to get hurt by the two more serious addictions that that of passive smoking.
And by the way..does anyone know if prisoners freedom to smoke will be taken away form them,or will they be exempt,after all being in prison is a stressful old game!
drugs, freedom, alcohol, gambling