Dubai drugs laws are insane!

Well I'm not going to get into a debate about how 'morally wrong' taking drugs is, as I can see our opinions would differ greatly.

But we're not talking about someone who took drugs there or even in the couple of months beforehand. But someboday who smoked a spliff at Christmas.

You could've been at a party in England, been in a room with people smoking weed. 6 months later, decide to go to Dubai. Then end up getting 4 years in prison for something you don't even remember!

This insane drug laws seems to be considerably more effective than the sane European drug laws.



Where do you want to draw the line?

Having lived in dubai for 3 years, I can say regardless of the laws in terms of safety and having a civil environment it wipes the floor with britain.

I'd rather be in a place with extreme laws and no crime, than be in britain with such weak laws and all the crime in the world. Knife crime, gun crime, drugs...the list is endless.

Obviously in the media the laws of dubai are blown out of proportion, anybody who's actually lived there will know that if you're a law abiding citizen the punishments are irrelevant, because you'll never find yourself in the position. Yes, if you carry knives, guns, take drugs or rape then you do have to be worried..but who cares about the views of such criminals?

It's simple really, nobody forces people to go to dubai, if you don't like the laws then **** off. There's a reason why the world's wealthiest are all based there, testament to the great place it is.

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Its an Islamic country of course it is going to have strong laws. They don't take crap from foreigners its not a bad thing. Dubai has the attitude Britain needs if you come here you respect our laws.

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Its an Islamic country of course it is going to have strong laws. They don't take crap from foreigners its not a bad thing. Dubai has the attitude Britain needs if you come here you respect our laws.

As far as our drug laws go I don't believe that the government/law should have any place in saying what I can and cannot consume.

This, even though the British help the Spanish economy, it doesn't meant they have to like drunken British louts being there, if there was an alternative, they would take it. Dubai doesn't bend backwards to accept foreigners, either accept it's law or gtfo.

But in this instance, no law has been broken, surely? Unless it is illegal to enter the country if you have EVER taken drugs?

Considering that the Government is likely to be just as responsible for your health as you are, I believe they have every right in saying what you can and cannot consume.

Criminal law would be so much simpler if the defendant always told the truth.

Come again?!

I didn't say anything to do with telling the truth or not. This guy did tell the truth - he smoked a spliff at Christmas. He obviously had no idea that a) it'd still be in his system and b) that he would get punished for it.

But in this instance, no law has been broken, surely? Unless it is illegal to enter the country if you have EVER taken drugs?

Same thing with the bloke who got 4 years for the spec of THC on his shoe. These people aren't breaking the law, they're being punished for no reason! It's not like this could deter people who were thinking of accidentally standing on a spec of cannibis before entering the country is it?

There's enforcing the law, and then there's punishing people for not even meaning to/possibly ever know they were breaking the law

The Government is responsible for your health in so much as it provides a national health service. If there were no legislation to say what you could not put into your body the amount of certain drug-related conditions would skyrocket, and the NHS would be expected to deal with the increased demand which it wouldn't be able to do.

So, unless there is no form of public health then the government has every right to lay down legislation for your health to safeguard it's own service.

The Government is responsible for your health in so much as it provides a national health service. If there were no legislation to say what you could not put into your body the amount of certain drug-related conditions would skyrocket, and the NHS would be expected to deal with the increased demand which it wouldn't be able to do.

So, unless there is no form of public health then the government has every right to lay down legislation for your health to safeguard it's own service.

''When we confronted him with the findings, he claimed that he consumed hashish when he celebrated Christmas in Britain.''

A: THC in marijuana is rapidly absorbed by fatty tissues in various organs. Generally, traces (metabolites) of THC can be detected by standard urine testing methods several days after a smoking session. In heavy users, however, traces can sometimes be detected for weeks after they have stopped using marijuana.

http://www.drugabuse.gov/marijbroch/Marijteenstxt.html#long

Weeks not months.
In my opinion, he has consumed it recently.
BUT, we cannot possibly know the details of the findings, thus we cannot come to accurate conclusion whether the bloke was right or not. Dubai is right to hold him until they find more information.

Actually Cannabis can be detected in the system months after it has been consumed from a simple hair test. I think blood tests can also find it in your system months after consumption as well.

Fair argument. However, consider that you weren't on the NHS, and had private healthcare. Should they still be allowed to tell you what you can & can't do? Or would that be up to your new doctor?

You honestly believe the government has the right to tell you what you can and cannot put into your body?

My god.. i'm shocked..

And what if the government decided you can no longer drink alcohol, how would you feel about that?

Or if they decided you could no longer eat any unhealthy food - no more fried things, no more kfc, maccy d's, pizzas etc

What about if they then decided to ban any dangerous sports.. goodbye boxing, horse riding, snowboarding, mountain climbing..

So you'd be happy and perfectly fine if all the above happened? Because remember, as you said, the government has the right to tell us what to do...

It really saddens me when i see people with these kind of opinions, luckily though, the numbers are slowly falling as people start to open their eyes..