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Sir Mick Jagger Calls for 'Drugs to be Legalised on the Isle of Man'
- Posted on May 20th 2010 5:45AM by Julian Marszalek
Sir Mick Jagger has called for illicit narcotics to be legalised on a trial basis on the Isle of Man in order to see if the relaxation of the UK's drug laws will help bring down crime levels.The Rolling Stones frontman -- himself no stranger to having his collar felt by the long arm of the law after being busted for possession of amphetamines in 1967 -- was speaking to CNN's Larry King on Tuesday, May 18.
"The whole question of legalising drugs is fraught. You usually try these things out in very small places. You know, like you try a new product out in a small kind of society or an island somewhere," Sir Mick told King.
"In England they always try out new mobile phones in the Isle of Man," he continued.
"They've got a captive society. So I said, you should try -- you should try the legalisation of all drugs on the Isle of Man and see what happens."
Jagger told King that his 1967 conviction -- which was later quashed on appeal -- still caused him problems with immigration officials when travelling through America.
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voice of reason
Its quite obviouse to anyone with half a brain that the WAR on drugs , which has been running since the sixties, is one we are not going to win.
It has to be legalised, we have to take the criminal gangs out the supply chain. The cost to society is huge, courts, police time, prisons, social services, wellfair etc etc. Use that money to educate the young (five upwards) about the dangers of drugs. Educate the user and get to grips with the real issues around drugs. Or do nothing and have years more of this!!
mrjohnchmartin
Sir Jagger may have a good point because millions of people obviously prefer an old fashioned tax free reefer instead of a highly taxed chemically sodden alcholic beverage. The downside is the Isle of Man is obviously the wrong place. Compared to India and most other hot places where hemp is as common as nettles, the Isle of Man is cold and unconducive to relaxation.
Still, one man's meat is anothers' poison.
kathie
How ridiculous is Mick Jagger? He`s obviously still drug addled to be coming up with such an absurd idea. He needs to join the real world instead of trying to re-live his druggie youth.
May 21 2010 at 3:45 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply
Web Fingers
Mickey Old Boy why don't you just ffffffff fad away, you look and sound like a bad joke.
May 21 2010 at 3:44 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply
susz
wow..... what a great example....i DONT think, what's next legalise murder?
May 20 2010 at 10:08 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply
frank
it seams to me that sir mick jagger wants his own drug baron enterprise on the isle of man.
may be he wants to relive his youth and be a rolling stone.
get real this will never happen!!
edward marsh
god mick your a sir now have you no common sence its alright for you you can pay can you imagine if they made it legal who would control it the local gangs my grandson used to spend hundreds a week on it thank god he has now stopped but can you imagine what he and many others used to do to get the money to fund there habit come on now dont let us say make it legal there mind becomes dull they just stare at you laughing and raid your fidge for munchis i say no to drugs
May 20 2010 at 6:56 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply
Super Sparks
Yeah legalise drugs and make the tax 10,000 percent??
May 20 2010 at 5:23 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply
john
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and what about the residents of isle of man...has anyone wondered what they think? i mean every bombhead/smack head is gonna be over there in hundreds!
May 20 2010 at 3:27 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply
steven
good u can have them all and the pedos, crims,consrtives there all the same
May 20 2010 at 5:34 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply
John Lavender
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Sir Mick should realise that the Isle of Man is self-governing, not a province of the UK as he seems to imagine. The reason that we were first in the field with new 'phone technology is simply because our advanced businesses and financial services demanded that, and justified it.
May 20 2010 at 11:13 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply
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