Throw the loser in prison. We'll see how rock and roll he feels when some of the hornier prisoners try to give him a good seeing to.

Why do I get the feeling that you're going to go on a very unsubtle shoplifting spree as soon as Doherty's prison sentence is imminent?

I've never really listened to either of his bands and I find Kate Moss to be rather average looking.

Thrown in jail, die of an overdose... whichever.

It's a kleptogay thing. What's good enough for Winona Ryder is etc etc.

EDIT: Me? Buggering Pete Doherty? With my reputation?

I wonder what the poll results would show if this thread was "Should Drug Addicts Go To Jail"?
This is specifically about Pete Doherty, isn't it? Banish me.

i think its just the fact that he seems to get away with a lot because of his fame. if he where not famous he would have been inside long ago.

I agree with jon Boy, its the leniency and lattitude the courts have shown to this person, not the fact he is a drug addict per se

He has been released on bail and everytime has gone on to commit further offences

Your average person in the street, for doing the same thing, would have their bail revoked so fast it would make their head spin

Sending addicts to jail serves little purpose as drugs are actually easier to get inside and they are still addicts upon release

This guy has had the opportunity on numerous occasions to take advantage of rehab, opportunities most other addicts never get, and has wasted them

Let him rot in jail

Like I said before, I couldn't give two shits about this person, but are we to incarcerate a junkie for his habit, or blame the rehab centre he was put into for not being able to help him successfully? Wouldn't it just be easier to legalize all drugs? Junkies that are too far down the road to turn back should be able to get a prescribed dose per day. Crime levels would drop, and if you don't believe me, check out our way of dealing with it in a city like Rotterdam.

Yeah, but then people would start sniffing smelly shoes instead.

thing is though he never stays at rehab he always leaves and goes on to do something else and the judge, soely based on his fame alone (he did mention this when sentencing him) let him go.

i understand what you mean about the lack of resources and poor quality medicare but if he had not written a lot of crap pub sing along songs he would slopping out with everyone else in wandsworth.

I think he's "out" also because he can afford to pay big fines/bail bonds (is this the right term?) with lotsa cash, not just because he's famous.

He (or his record company) can afford to pay for the sort of lawyers that are usually busy getting business tycoons and politicians off charges of corruption.

There is also proof that many junkies who are prescribed regular doses still top up with illegal drugs

Also, if I remember correctly, didn't the overall addict figures go up in Holland despite prescription drugs?

The overall addict figures did go up a little, but never reached the levels everyone had first predicted they would.
Besides, what pisses people off, isn't the fact that someone takes drugs. That's their own business, and most couldn't care less.
It's the things they do to obtain them that makes it an issue. Burglaries, muggings, etc.