Twisted People

There is a device available now that can be used to detect whether people have been taking cocaine by sniffing it. It's a device that uses ultra violet rays and any cocaine it finds stuck to skin or nasal hairs lights up green.

Bouncers at night clubs are using these drug torches as they are being called to see if anyone is trying to get into their club has taken any cocaine. The last thing they want is some moron high on cocaine getting into the club and then drinking something alcoholic. Apparently, cocaine and alcohol mixed in the same body at the same time can turn people extremely violent.

Good idea then? Well, not for everyone it seems. Some clowns from the drug charity Release say the drug torch could be illegal as it could be an invasion of privacy. Even some police officers are worried about the torch because they fear it might be a breach of human rights. One woman interviewed by Newsbeat for the BBC told their reporter, "I think it's absolutely ridiculous. I'm not a cocaine addict. We've just had a cocaine torch shoved up our noses for no reason."

Are all of these people mentally ill? They worry about a drug abuser or drug addict's privacy and human rights when it is more than well known that drug addicts are costing us all billions in NHS treatments and time off work. Drug addicts who drive are many times more likely to crash their cars and kill and/or maim than a drunk driver let alone a sober one. Even within the privacy of their own homes, druggies are a menace.

I want to say here and now that if anyone who needs to protect society feels the need to use a drug torch on me, they are free to do so. I have nothing to fear in the slightest. More than that, they have my permission to do that to anyone else they see fit. If we all say the same, we can rewrite the definition and application of privacy and human rights. After all levels of privacy and human rights are set by people for people.

This is why many aspects of modern life are intolerable for so many people now. Moreover, several layers of our society are free to to what they want at the expense of the rest of us because of these tree huggers.

DW