I am not an expert in that area, so I can only tell from the community perspective that I'm very much in contact with. Certainly the idea of using anything, including alcohol, which is the most common date rape drug, for that purpose should carry a very severe sentence, in my opinion, and certainly the drugs that they manufacture are for that purpose. Yes, there is absolutely no legitimate need for the precursors. There are obviously legitimate uses for some of the drugs that can be used--because they can use prescription drugs. So if they're buying prescription drugs, that's a different matter. But if they're manufacturing them themselves, having those chemicals and doing that, then yes, that's a very clear case of where sentences should be tougher.
In your discussion, you talk about the judges. The difference is that the judges aren't accountable to the people in their community. You members of Parliament are. The only way the public has access, to let people know that we would like stronger sentences, is through committees like this, where we get to talk to our members of Parliament who we elected for that purpose. That then has to be transferred down to the judges, because they don't ask us, and they're not accountable to us.