Wednesday, August 8, 2007
The drug problem and crime
Drugs need to be decriminalized! The U.S. lost the drug war over 20 years ago. This impossible war has neither halted or substantially slowed down the flow of drugs. It is time for a change...Didn't we learn anything from prohibition?????? Do they teach history in the schools anymore? Criminalizing drugs only puts a lucrative trade in the hands of organized crime. Back during prohibition there were more murders per 100,000 people then in the 80's! Yeah see, people will shoot and kill ya over territory and trade routes...gee that is exactly what's going on today! what a coincidence. Yes a lot of the murders are gang on gang but a lot of times they miss their mark and some innocent honor roll kid gets a hole in the face. A lot of police resources go toward drug interdiction and that takes away focus from the VIOLENT crimes.....you know petty things like murder, rapes robbery etc. Sooooooooo many more officers could be hired to patrol streets but nooooooo we like to flush tax payer money down the toilet in pursuing unwinnible policies. When the hell are the American sheeple gonna get their head out of their ass and realize drugs are not gonna go away...never, never, ever. NEVER. There is hardly a dent in the supply lines. If you wanna fry your brain on drugs you won't have any problem finding it. Oh! you say if drugs are legal then consumption will go up and we will all be crackheads. Yeah right! Even though I have never done hard drugs I'm gonna start when CVS has a buy 1 get 1 free crack sale!! *rolls eyes*Ummm actually countries that have legalized certain drugs found consumption to decrease. The legal status of drugs has no substantial effect on drug consumption. There is good evidence supporting this. Drug addiction is a medical problem just like alcoholism is a disease. Yes unfortunately a lot of people ruin their lives with drug addictions and they need help...however most people will use them casually just like MOST people use alcohol casually. Hell, we live in a 'drug culture' we have a pill for everything! Anyhow, What choice do we have? Ummmm no Pat Robertson, prayer ain't gonna work sheesh. Yeah yeah yeah family values blah blah. Save your morality speech. It's pretty simple to me.....take the drug market away from violent gangs and ensure safe uncontaminated drugs in privatized distribution. See, I'm willing to bet that Walgreens and CVS, while competitors, won't be shooting at each other. See how things will be safer. The youth in gangs are gonna have to learn to live without the employment earnings of the drug trade. And maybe after some time passes after the drug war is halted, many young people will have restored value in the community because sending kids to jail or the racial profiling and harassment by police does not serve to make a model citizen. Of course we still have the immense issue of poverty and the growing chasm between the haves and have nots. This of course is related to a lot of crime, but please people, one step at a time.
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They aren't winning the war on drugs because they don't want to? There was a rumor years and years ago that crack was planted in the ghettos to destroy the population. Remember that? Anyway, I'm not too fond of legalizing drugs or prostitution for that matter, it may not change the consumption habits, but its a value judgement, though you told me to save it, nobody's going to jump on that idea any time soon, so why argue?
I'd go for legalizing marijuana and they can't even do that, but I see a distinct difference between that and narcotics, which are processed into super potent super addictive doses that completely incapacitate the user. Forget that.
Anyway, you may have some modern examples of legalized marijuana, but narcotics? China was nearly destroyed by opium, its not too far off to suggest that crack was planted in the ghettos to destroy the populations.
Anyway it'll never be legalized, no chance.
I don't think there's a chance for marijuana either in this country, but I was always suprised because its viewed as harmless and its such a part of mainstream culture.
Of course this is not going to be a popular idea cause most people can't think outside the box. Drugs would be regulated just like alcohol and tobacco and it will actually help our society! Don't take it from me. Ask police officers, judges, prosecutors who have spent their entire careers in the drug war and view it not only ineffective but wrong. There is a movement with such people involved. Check out
http://www.leap.cc/cms/index.php these are the experts. I don't dispute that crack was planted here as we live in a pretty racist society. Nothing shocks me anymore as far as what gov't can and has done. You say people would never go for legalization? Why bother? Well I can give you many examples of policy change that were unpopular at the time. I won't patronize you as you already know this. Thanks for the comments
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