I work with children and families around drugs. Previously a drug councillor.

[Justanotherusername27]

Just interested if anyone is interested or wants to know anything ☺️

What's your view on decriminalisation?

I’m not merely being a pedant here - it’s just nobody can verify anyone’s identity here and a lot of people pretend to be something they aren’t. But surely if you trained as a counsellor you would know how to spell it? The word you use applies to an elected member of a council.

@LittleLegoTree honestly I’ve always been crap at spelling that word and colour strangely and I don’t need an English degree to do my job😂. If anyone was that bothered to create such a strange topic to discuss for AMA then more fool them- they must be very bored!

@BeansAndNoodles that is SUCH a good question. I feel there are pros and cons for decriminalising substances, I think that if the UK were to do this it would add a definite measure of safety for substance misuse and reduce the stigma around it. It would also allow us to track an individuals use and highlight when it is becoming an addiction rather than occasional use. It would also allow a limit and easier access for support. In the US (I learned this from an American colleague) they don’t really see Cannabis addiction as a problem, therefore reducing the cost to the taxpayer.

On the flip side, when you legalise a substance and making it more accessible you run the risk of more people using the substance and therefore creating potential addiction in people who wouldn’t have used it prior to being legalised. Therefore costing more money to the taxpayer (you see this in alcohol use). I’m curious what you think☺️

@LittleLegoTree That was the first thing to cross my mind too.
There has been a lot of local councillor bashing for various reasons on local social media to where I live and the words councillor/counsellor have been used without seemingly any awareness of the difference. Not by actual councillors though.

I was going to say the same!