Has the War on Drugs FAILED??!!
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It was in 1971 that President Nixon coined the phrase "War on Drugs" to combat America's apetite for consumption. Two years later the DEA was formed to enforce laws passed prohibiting certain drugs.
Alcohol Prohibition was passed in 1919 before and was repealed in 1933 after its overwhelming failure. Prohibition bred organized crime, gangs, civilian criminality, use, and the lives lost trying to keep America "DRY."
Today, supporters of this policy claim that it is a success as proven by the many documented seizures and raids. Over the years many high-level cartel members and drug-traffickers have been arrested. Many also claim that the "War on Drugs" keeps us safer than before the policy took effect.
On the other hand, opponents of the policy claim it to be a failure. They cite our previous experience with prohibition and claim that the "War" itself causes more harm than good. For example, the U.S. has the highest incarceration rate in the world and a large percentage is due to drug offenses. Second, drug sales actually fund terrorism, street gang violence, drug cartels and corruption.
Finally, legal drugs such as alcohol, tobacco and prescription drugs kill more people every year than all other illegal drugs combined.
While policy czars in Washington, big govt departments, prison industry, etc.. lobby to expand funding and increase laws and penalties. Medical professionals, local law enforcement and others advocate for treatment of drug abuse as a medical issue instead of a criminal justice issue.
So with more drugs coming in than ever before, and after BILLIONS of dollars spent combatting a societal ill, and thousands of law enforcement lives lost (DEA, police, border patrol, etc...) many Americans are asking...
Has the War on Drugs FAILED??!!
Combining the enforcement and incarceration of marijuana related crimes it cost the government about 24 billion a year .
Trade that for legalizing and taxing it and you would get (an estimated ) 12 billion a year from those taxes. Making it a net gain of 36 billion dollars.
Total federal and state marijuana prisoners in 1997 = 38,806
Total federal and state marijuana prisoners in 2004 = 44,816
Total federal and stae marijuana prisoners in 2011= 83,806
It cost an average of 54,000 dollars to keep a person in prison for one year, [ that is the salary of a teacher] So if you multiply that times the number of people in prison for marijuana you get: $4,525,524,000.
it is estimated that state and federal governments collected about $3,636,000 in fines last year. We are not collecting enough in fines to even cover the costs of keeping them in jail; much less the cost of law enforcement and court costs.
By legalizing it you eliminate all those costs, and by regulating and taxing it you raise revenue, far more than fees ever could.
Benjiman Franklin brought in the good stuff.
Marijuana has been scientifically proven beneficial for half a dozen ailments, from arthritus to schitzaphrenia and cancer. The only loosers if it became legal would be the BIG PHARMAceutical companies. They would loose billions if you could grow a plant in your back yard that worked better than thier expensive drugs. So politicians from both parties are in thier pockets, and they strive to keep it illegal.
Dozens of hemp homes have been built in Europe in the past two decades, but they're new to the United States, says David Madera, co-founder of Hemp Technologies, a company that supplied the mixture of ground-up hemp stalks, lime and water.
Its new use reflects an increasing effort to make U.S. homes not only energy-efficient but also healthier. Madera and other proponents say hemp-filled walls are non-toxic, mildew-resistant, pest-free and flame-resistant.
A building constructed of this would make several of thier products obsolete.
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If you understand that "the war on drugs" has nothing to do with drug use, and everything to do with control of the population and money, then it is a huge success.
The U.S.A. has 5% of the world's population...and 25% of the world's prison population.
How so? It's really Economics 101. By vigorously enforcing contraband laws, the government creates an artificial shortage. As there is pretty much an unlimitted supply of contraband, it only requires a little entrepreneurial spirit to establish a profitable buisness. As with any buisness, promotion is key, hence drug dealers are called "pushers."
If you could get 10 rocks of crack for a dollar, the addicts would kill themselves. That is, of course, if anyone would bother selling it.
Result - Failure
War on Terrorism (2003):
Result - Marginal pass
War on Zombies (2012):
Result - Total Failure
ONE MINUTE THAT THE "RULER OF THIS WORLD, SATAN THE DEVIL", 1 JOHN 5:19,
EPHESIANS 6:11-12, 2 CORINTHIANS 4:4-6, REVELATION 12:3-17, EPHESIANS 2:2,
IS GOING TO ALLOW SINFUL MANKIND INTERFERE TO INTERFERE WITH HIS,
"WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION"?. WHETHER IT IS SATAN'S "WEAPON OF
DRUGS, SEXUAL PERVERSION, ALCOHOLISM, GLUTTONY, BLOOD-SHED, DECEIT,
GREED"..............ALL OF "HIS WEAPONS ARE DESIGNED TO CAUSE THE DEATH OF
HUMANKIND, ONE WAY OR THE OTHER; AND THAT IS HIS PURPOSE, AND THAT IS
WHAT HE DOES BEST"........."STEAL, KILL, AND DESTROY".....2 CORINTHIANS 2:11,
JOHN 8:44, JOHN 10:10, HEBREWS 2:14-15, 1 PETER 5:8, GENESIS 3:1-24.
SATAN THE DEVIL DOES NOT CARE ABOUT "SAVING MANKIND, HE IS ALL ABOUT
THE DEATH OF MANKIND"......HEBREWS 2:14-15.........."MAN'S CAMPAIGNS OR
SOCIAL WARFARE AGAINST SATAN THE DEVILS MACHINATIONS, STRATAGEMS OR
DEVICES, WILL FAIL".............THE DEVIL HAS BEEN AROUND FOR A LONG TIME, EVEN
BEFORE MANKIND WAS CREATED AND SET IN THE GARDEN OF EDEN.
GENESIS 3:1-24...........SATAN THE DEVIL DOES EXIST AND "ALL THE KINGDOM
GOVERNMENTS OF THIS DARKENED WORLD AND THE TROUBLE THAT THEY
EXPERIENCE ARE UNDER HIS CONTROL".......MATTHEW 4:8-11, EPHESIANS 6:1...
ONE MINUTE THAT THE "RULER OF THIS WORLD, SATAN THE DEVIL", 1 JOHN 5:19,
EPHESIANS 6:11-12, 2 CORINTHIANS 4:4-6, REVELATION 12:3-17, EPHESIANS 2:2,
IS GOING TO ALLOW SINFUL MANKIND INTERFERE TO INTERFERE WITH HIS,
"WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION"?. WHETHER IT IS SATAN'S "WEAPON OF
DRUGS, SEXUAL PERVERSION, ALCOHOLISM, GLUTTONY, BLOOD-SHED, DECEIT,
GREED"..............ALL OF "HIS WEAPONS ARE DESIGNED TO CAUSE THE DEATH OF
HUMANKIND, ONE WAY OR THE OTHER; AND THAT IS HIS PURPOSE, AND THAT IS
WHAT HE DOES BEST"........."STEAL, KILL, AND DESTROY".....2 CORINTHIANS 2:11,
JOHN 8:44, JOHN 10:10, HEBREWS 2:14-15, 1 PETER 5:8, GENESIS 3:1-24.
SATAN THE DEVIL DOES NOT CARE ABOUT "SAVING MANKIND, HE IS ALL ABOUT
THE DEATH OF MANKIND"......HEBREWS 2:14-15.........."MAN'S CAMPAIGNS OR
SOCIAL WARFARE AGAINST SATAN THE DEVILS MACHINATIONS, STRATAGEMS OR
DEVICES, WILL FAIL".............THE DEVIL HAS BEEN AROUND FOR A LONG TIME, EVEN
BEFORE MANKIND WAS CREATED AND SET IN THE GARDEN OF EDEN.
GENESIS 3:1-24...........SATAN THE DEVIL DOES EXIST AND "ALL THE KINGDOM
GOVERNMENTS OF THIS DARKENED WORLD AND THE TROUBLE THAT THEY
EXPERIENCE ARE UNDER HIS CONTROL".......MATTHEW 4:8-11, EPHESIANS 6:11-12,
REVELATION 13:1-18........AND "SATAN WILL NOT DESTROY SATAN, AND ALL THAT
SATAN REPRESENTS( SEX, DRUGS, CRIME, DEATH, DISEASES, GLUTTONY, LIES,
ETC)...........MARK 3:23-27............1 CORINTHIANS 6:9-11.
MANKIND HAS ATTEMPTED MANY TIMES TO ERADICATE THE RAVAGES OF SIN,
HE HAS FORMED MANY........."SOCIAL PROGRAMS" IN ORDER TO DO IT, BUT
NONE HAVE REALLY BEEN SUCCESSFUL, IT IS LIKE PUTTING A "BAND-AID ON
AN INCURABLE DISEASE".
BUT THANKS BE TO GOD, THERE IS AWAY THAT "THE WAR ON DRUGS AND ANY
OTHER WAR AGAINST SINFUL PRACTICES CAN BE WON"........HOWEVER, IT WILL
TAKE THE "STRENGTH OF SOMEONE WHO IS NOT HUMAN, AND HIS NAME IS
KING JESUS CHRIST, HE CONQUERED SIN AND DEATH( SATAN THE DEVIL),
HEBREWS 2:14-15, JOHN 8:44-45. 1 JOHN 3:4-15. KING JESUS CHRIST CAN ADVISE
THOSE WHO REALLY CARE ABOUT RIDDING THE WORLD OF DRUGS, JUST HOW
THEY SHOULD GO ABOUT DOING IT, BUT IT REQUIRE THEM TO HAVE "FAITH IN HIM
AND THE WORD THAT HE SPEAKS, AND TO ACT UPON HIS ADVICE".....JOHN 3:16,
JAMES 2:17-20, PHILLIPIANS 4:13, COLOSSIANS 1:14-18
WITH GOD......."ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE, IF YOU PRAY TO GOD IN THE NAME OF
JESUS FOR DIRECTION".........AND ALL VICES OF ANY MAN CAN BE CAST ASIDE, BE
IT DRUGS, OR WHATEVER, IN THE NAME OF JESUS.....EPHESIANS 4:17-32,
HEBREWS 4:14-16.
Back in the 80s a herbasite called paraquat was tried on the plant but it was very dangerous to the people that smoked it .
Why not do what has been proven to work and could be done without any co operation ,let alone that of lots of people ?
By the way - viruses and fungi are everywhere. Some are highly lethal to very specific populations, most are merely annoying (cold, flu). Since we are currently using modified viruses to deliver targeted medical therapies in humans, I was fantasizing turning that to this application. In reality I am sure it is extremely complex and no one would likely have the political will to pursue it.
There was a lot of racism used to scare people away from hemp. People knew it as hemp then and so they used the Spanish name, Marijuana, to confuse the issue.