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Drug Policy
you made some excellent points Joe, here are a few you left out.
Over 90% of prison inmates are there because of drugs, either directly or indirectly. (considering the US has the largest, per capita, prison population in the world..over 2 million)
The US waste billions of dollars each year on fighting drugs...yes waste
The goverments own experts have said time and again that the "dare" project is a complete failure. Our policies don't get the big fish, just loads our prisons with the little fish. Our police force has had to sink to new lows to get the convictions they need. Little distinction can be made between the criminals behind bars or the criminals putting them there.
We treat the sympton, not the disease. Like Cancer, it is much more profitable to treat the sympton than cure the disease.
I don't have the answers, but I would start with education, not scare tactics, approach the problem with an open mind.
Isolate the problem addicts, it's a proven fact, even in the most educated countries, a certain percentage is going to be addicts. Isolate them, control the source, let them have thier drugs thru the prceeds of drug sales.
Legalize drugs, control them, tax them. Have clear and defined penalties for the sale to minors.
The problem will always be there, until we change our policys things will only get worse. get rid of the cartel and before the jail door shuts, a new one will replace it.
But lets face reality, all arguements are just so much bs..drugs are the biggest cash crop ever known to man. To many people, make to much money off of drugs to ever let it be legalized in the US. Don't **** yourself into thinking our goverment is trying to do the right thing, it's about money and nothing else.
If you doubt that, ask yourself why legalized drugs are cheaper in other countries? then ask yourself why we can't legally buy them out of the country? they all come from the same companies...the same companies that spend billions to have the strongest lobbiest on Capital hill. The same companies who try and justify the cost by saying they need the money for future developement of new and better drugs. When in fact they spend less than 2% of thier gross profits on new product. Almost all new research is financed by OUR goverment and OUR tax dollars.
LOL another Rant
Rex
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