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Is the "war on drugs" a worldwide failure?

bob 2012/06/13 15:32:05
My logic is to maintain the failing war on drugs is ….
The War on Drugs caused a the high cost of human lives, unjust imprisonment, and general oppression of human freedom..
Let’s be blunt, it’s time to end the war on drugs
I want my civil liberties returned and the police state ended
Decriminalization of drugs would end the drug-related violence
The War on Drugs is a waste of time, money and lives. It cannot be won. It has been a failure. It's time that leaders develop new thinking and new policies about the issue of drugs.
Filling prisons with drug users has done nothing to curb the billion dollar illicit business. Arresting small-time dealers does little but create business opportunities for others. Destroying drug crops in one region just relocates tit to another.
The War on Drugs creates a highly profitable black market, and increasing levels of violent crime.
The focus on drug enforcement instead of dealing with treatment as a social problem is the wrong approach
The drugs that the big pharmaceutical produces are as dangerous or more dangerous as natural herbs and spices.
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  • John Galt jr or Ron/jon 2012/06/13 16:44:22
    The War on Drugs is a waste of time, money and lives. It cannot be won. It ha...
    John Galt jr or Ron/jon
    +6
    Zero tolerance, means total intolerance, how can this happen in a democratic society?

    The so called "War on Drugs" is a war on people here and abroad, it's grave threat to individual liberty, to domestic order and to peace in the world; furthermore, it has provided a rationale by which the power of the state has been expanded to restrict greatly our right to privacy and to be secure in our own homes.

    What this means to me and many Americans is that they fear the police more than the criminals. The government has been rounding up and locking up dangerous pot smokers for over three decades, yet heroin use is up. What ever happened to the gateway theory that started this round up anyway? Humans are curious, they always have been. Humans use drugs, they always have. Clinton claimed tobacco as the gateway drug in a failed attempt to up the stakes in this ruse of a war. Meanwhile as newer more dangerous drugs are flooding our streets and schools Hard working American citizens (who have been stripped of property, voting rights and personal freedom) are serving life with out parole for growing pot or possessing hash or LSD. So the government in its infinite wisdom is releasing rapists, muggers, and murderers on the streets to make room in the prisons for drug addicts and alcoholic...



    Zero tolerance, means total intolerance, how can this happen in a democratic society?

    The so called "War on Drugs" is a war on people here and abroad, it's grave threat to individual liberty, to domestic order and to peace in the world; furthermore, it has provided a rationale by which the power of the state has been expanded to restrict greatly our right to privacy and to be secure in our own homes.

    What this means to me and many Americans is that they fear the police more than the criminals. The government has been rounding up and locking up dangerous pot smokers for over three decades, yet heroin use is up. What ever happened to the gateway theory that started this round up anyway? Humans are curious, they always have been. Humans use drugs, they always have. Clinton claimed tobacco as the gateway drug in a failed attempt to up the stakes in this ruse of a war. Meanwhile as newer more dangerous drugs are flooding our streets and schools Hard working American citizens (who have been stripped of property, voting rights and personal freedom) are serving life with out parole for growing pot or possessing hash or LSD. So the government in its infinite wisdom is releasing rapists, muggers, and murderers on the streets to make room in the prisons for drug addicts and alcoholics. Their solution More jails, more cops, bigger guns...

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  • Brosia 2012/07/04 16:27:04
    The War on Drugs is a waste of time, money and lives. It cannot be won. It ha...
    Brosia
    I am not a fan of the DEA because I feel it is a waste of time, going after grannies with prescriptions for their glaucoma than looking at the correlation between marijuana smuggling and other drugs showing up. Legalize at least the pot and free up their time for more important things, like keeping cocaine, heroin, meth, and crack under better control.
  • Amanda Styles 2012/06/16 07:18:25
    Filling prisons with drug users has done nothing to curb the billion dollar i...
    Amanda Styles
    +1
    cost per penny vs realistic results of the goal deem it unworthy to proceed.. ;)
  • Heavy 2012/06/15 23:50:56
    Let’s be blunt, it’s time to end the war on drugs
    Heavy
    +1
    I like the fact that my choice had the word blunt in it. But, I think that the war on drugs is ok, as long as you choose the right drugs to stop.
  • dvd 2012/06/15 20:41:04
  • Walter Harris 2012/06/15 13:54:25
    Filling prisons with drug users has done nothing to curb the billion dollar i...
    Walter Harris
    +3
    the US gov is bringing in most of the drugs
  • docdj 2012/06/14 22:28:29
    All of the above
    docdj
    +3
    LEGALIZE IT!
    LEGALIZE IT
  • Leeaqua 2012/06/14 17:29:54
    All of the above
    Leeaqua
    +4
    It's been a failure since it's inception . Billions wasted on ignorant desisions by many ( so-called ) lawmakers !
  • Kozmo Leeaqua 2012/06/14 19:23:57
    Kozmo
    +4
    These guys actually promote the ENFORCEMENT INDUSTRY, make tons of money for them. Similar to the "Military-Industrial Complex", If the money used in the ARMS bu$iness were diverted for to making consumer goods, they'd get TWICE the return, but at a (slightly) slower pace.
  • BIG BAD JOHN R. 2012/06/14 16:32:41
    The War on Drugs is a waste of time, money and lives. It cannot be won. It ha...
    BIG BAD JOHN R.
    FAILURE; WASTE OF TIME AND MONEY! But keep trying before they over run the nation. They are a bunch of losers who can not deal with the reality of this world.And before I get all the hate mail, I am not talking about people who use it for medical purpose.
  • Tom BIG BAD... 2012/06/15 14:54:35
    Tom
    +2
    BREAKING NEWS!!!!.... The drug trade has, "over run the country," ... and will continue to do so. "The War On Drugs," has never stopped a single sole from getting their drug of choice, and never will. For every substantial drug bust, 99 goes undetected. SO, what's the purpose?
  • BIG BAD... Tom 2012/06/15 16:02:57
    BIG BAD JOHN R.
    +1
    It keeps them in business and pays their paycheck and keeps them in something to do!
  • Tom BIG BAD... 2012/06/15 22:16:59
    Tom
    That's it?!
  • YouSirName 2012/06/14 16:24:15
    None of the above
    YouSirName
    +2
    The war on drugs has been a resounding success...

    for the cartels.
  • Kozmo YouSirName 2012/06/14 19:25:46
    Kozmo
    +1
    Don't forget the Enforcement Agencies.
  • YouSirName Kozmo 2012/06/14 19:36:38
    YouSirName
    +2
    Them too. And the private prison system. And the bankers. And, apparently, horse racing venues. It really is a method to transfer wealth from users and taxpayers to those in power.
  • mind-pilot 2012/06/14 15:53:01
    The War on Drugs creates a highly profitable black market, and increasing lev...
    mind-pilot
    +4
    The war on drugs is a great success for the cartels. If it wasn't subsidizing America's addictions the prices would be sky high. It's repeatedly increased American's dependency and fueled the overseas bank accounts for the mafia and the Mexicans/Columbians/ Afghans and more to bring drugs into this country. I will say the quality of the crap is crap. But hey, Reagan wanted to help out the bad guys.....and it worked....Iran/Contra too....that is another ongoing subsidy.
  • bob mind-pilot 2012/06/14 16:06:08
    bob
    +2
    Agreed
  • Mungu mind-pilot 2012/06/14 18:19:42
    Mungu
    +1
    Hey how dare you come on here and speak against the gipper. What he and the boys did was good for worldwide capitalism and therefore America. All the extra free labor the states are getting from certain urban populations getting "caught" in the cross fires is also good for the economy.

  • Kozmo Mungu 2012/06/14 19:31:47
    Kozmo
    +1
    over his two terms,via "Voodoo Economics", the States have fallen from being the largest Creditor Nation to being the largest Debtor Nation. Despite being senile ("we begin bombing in 5 min."), the two "clumps of feminine pubic hair" that followed him weren't anywhere as bright (according to quote pages I've seen) and just made his mess even bigger.
  • Mungu Kozmo 2012/06/14 19:58:42
    Mungu
    +1
    How could you say such things!? Just look at this face.
    gipper
    Don't it make you feel all warm inside, its almost Fathers Day for god sake! Ain't he the dad you always wanted? How could he have been wrong?
  • Kozmo Mungu 2012/06/16 17:27:03
    Kozmo
    He was a puppet (Talking Head). Bonzo was a better actor too.
  • mind-pilot Mungu 2012/06/14 23:22:54
    mind-pilot
    +1
    Heh,heh,heh....and we even told the American mooks the profits would "trickle down".And they believe us. Keep talking. More than 32% are pure mook. The others are followers. Well be subsidized for the drugs. We're still subsidized for Vegas....they'll do anything. Just scare them. We're an international power now. Don't lose grip. Romney's our puppet. If we could get him to keep his mouth shut.
  • beach bum 2012/06/14 13:07:50
    The War on Drugs is a waste of time, money and lives. It cannot be won. It ha...
    beach bum
    +3
    spending way too much cash to fight them
  • Jeff Smith 2012/06/14 12:11:35
    None of the above
    Jeff Smith
    +2
    Legalize it and end the war if people want to kill themselves that should be their choice
  • SamTheSlayer [Codename: Duc... 2012/06/14 08:28:17 (edited)
    All of the above
    SamTheSlayer [Codename: Duchess]
    +3
    TL;DR or TH;DR...?

    The War on Drugs needs to end. It's really bad for the economy and people's lives. Anything like that should just disappear.
  • Charles R. Anderson 2012/06/14 06:58:26
    I want my civil liberties returned and the police state ended
    Charles R. Anderson
    +1
    This war is as hopeless as the War on Poverty.
  • Kozmo Charles... 2012/06/14 19:35:00
    Kozmo
    +1
    They're inter-connected, ceasing one may alleviate the other. Too big a topic to go in length (likely get a Ph.D for it)..
  • Charles... Kozmo 2012/06/21 05:26:24
    Charles R. Anderson
    +1
    I agree that enduring poverty is often the state of those on dangerous drugs and that the violence of the drug dealers also raises the cost of many businesses in poor areas and worsens the condition of those in the areas. Of course, many of the poor are just young people also who with more job experience will leave the ranks of the poor. Actually, this is the majority of the poor.
  • waterlady 2012/06/14 05:23:58
    None of the above
    waterlady
    +3
    The war on drugs is failing but the way it is being fought, needs new logic.
  • Kozmo waterlady 2012/06/14 19:35:30
    Kozmo
    +1
    See no LOGIC in it in the 1st place.
  • PapaHemp 2012/06/14 05:08:41
    The War on Drugs caused a the high cost of human lives, unjust imprisonment, ...
    PapaHemp
    +2
    Definitely!
  • pops 2012/06/14 01:43:43
    The War on Drugs is a waste of time, money and lives. It cannot be won. It ha...
    pops
    +2
    Drugs may not be the best thing a person does,but they are better than the people enforcing and making the laws.
  • KarenInKenoshaWisconsin 2012/06/14 01:10:13
    None of the above
    KarenInKenoshaWisconsin
    +3
    We need more sensible drug policies, not zero tolerance and propaganda that creates profitable black markets for even...a weed.
  • Magnus ☮ RP ☮ 2012 ☮ 2012/06/13 22:36:19
    All of the above
    Magnus ☮ RP ☮ 2012 ☮
  • Mr. T Magnus ... 2012/06/14 00:34:06
    Mr. T
    +2
    Exactly. All it does is put money (TONS OF MONEY) into the hands of criminals. Criminals like the Kennedys, they mad all of their money during prohibition and then gets elected as POTUS. Only in America, seems crime does pay, and pays well.
  • Magnus ... Mr. T 2012/06/14 01:09:27
    Magnus ☮ RP ☮ 2012 ☮
    +2
    I liked President John F. Kennedy (he's certainly universes better than 0bama) and I wasn't even alive when he lived. But other than that, exactly right... that is exactly the point of the matter at it's core.
  • Kozmo Magnus ... 2012/06/14 19:41:14 (edited)
    Kozmo
    +1
    JFK, said (I paraphrase):

    "It's not what the World can do for You, but what can You do for the World",

    Most Grads now EXPECT to get cushy jobs right of the bat.
  • Magnus ... Kozmo 2012/06/14 20:00:10
    Magnus ☮ RP ☮ 2012 ☮
    +1
    Well, they'll have to get in the back of the line then. Been working my ass off for five years trying just to get employed - in any job.
  • Kozmo Magnus ... 2012/06/16 17:31:03 (edited)
    Kozmo
    On the other end…

    Retirement
  • Magnus ... Kozmo 2012/06/16 19:54:53
    Magnus ☮ RP ☮ 2012 ☮
    I'm taking the position of Switzerland on that one...

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