online.wsj.com — The Obama administration's new drug czar says he wants to banish the idea that the U.S. is fighting "a war on drugs," a move that would underscore a shift favoring treatment over incarceration. In his first interview since being confirmed to head the White House ONDCP, Gil Kerlikowske said the bellicose analogy was a barrier to dealing with abuse.
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Closed AccountMay 16, 2009
Good!But I don't have any high hopes that the money saved on this won't be spent on something foolish. Obama has spent future generations into the ground already. Why stop now?
ichbinladenMay 19, 2009
Maybe now we can join forces with our former enemy (Drugs) and defeat the forces of boredom.
buckrogers1965May 19, 2009
They should be regulated the same way candy or bread is regulated. The doses should be pure and a standard size. The production facilities should be clean and maintained. Most overdoses from drugs are because the drugs vary wildly in purity and strength and are sometimes adulterated with rat poison or PCP so they can sell cheaper stuff for more money. And the tax money can be put into a fund to handle the small percentage of people who need a treatment program from abuse of the drug.
Closed AccountMay 22, 2009
Never!
loopbizMay 22, 2009
Prediction: If pot is legalized, education goes gradually down the drain over the following few years, homelessness, violence and crime go up, addiction and cancer rates go up, teen pregnancy, divorce, accidents, job loss all increase.Eventually, some people will want to roll it back, but by then, there will be lobbyists and it will never go away. Obviously, it is easy to grow your own, so the much-vaunted assistance for the economy will be weak, at best. The stuff is so easy to grow that lazy people will not bother and they'll just steal it from others.Although the prisons may get smaller initially, dopeheads will crash more cars, kill and injure more people and the prison population will eventually increase. Prisoners will not be allowed to have marijuana openly, so someone will sue the states and the federal government to protect their human rights.Gun and taser companies will get a boost, from people wanting to protect themselves.I can't believe I wrote that - I'm an optimist. It will be interesting to see what happens. I'm filing this away for later, so I can remember what I said. LOL
moxleyMay 22, 2009
You have to understand that the goal has never been to "win" the war on drugs. The goal has always been to keep the war going - the elements within our system that gain money and power from this situation (on both sides) are addicted to the money and power. By criminalizing millions of people for simply smoking pot We have elements within our CIA that are heavily involved in international drug trafficking, as they have been for a very long time - this is a verifiable fact, and there is more to it than Iran Contra. We have a corporate prison industrial complex that derives profit from the number of people incarcerated. We have police at all levels that have powers that they never would have without the scapegoat of drugs. I highly recommend a film called "American Drug War" as it seems to provide the most accurate view of the war on drugs that you can get in one single documentary. Drug addiction is a health problem, not a criminal problem.
bluezombieJun 2, 2009
Declare war on war!
personfromhellAug 17, 2009
Have you been living under a rock?