house contents and cars. In these divided times, there are more of us in my situation than in the rough end of town, and the damage is contained, well away from us. Perhaps we should leave well alone, I mean look what happened when the Wall came down. . The whole chain of production and distribution needs to be brought out of the shadows and regulated. Different drugs may need different types of regulation and legalisation may work best if it operated somewhat differently in different countries. At this point, these details are not of overriding importance. This seems to be a convenient cop-out. Why not propose legalisation of all drugs in the UK, including heroin, cocaine and crack cocaine, with ready availability the way cigarettes are available now. Why not? Can anyone honestly say that use of drugs like heroin or cocaine is going to improve with legalistation? Addiction doesnt give a rat's ass about how available a drug is or how cheap it is. Britain is already loaded with smack clinics - now would legalising (and presumably cheapening) heroin reduce the burden those place on the national pocket? And would the inevitable tax revenue offset the increased cost of these centres to accommodate an inevitable growth in user numbers based on greater drug availability? Although i guess drugs like heroin and crystal meth would magically lose their addictive properties if legalised wouldnt they. People need to take off their Aldous-Huxley tinted glasses and go and see the filthy