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- Lonewolfx77, on 06/14/2009, -2/+118"George Bush says 'we are losing the war on drugs'. Well you know what that implies? There's a war going on, and people on drugs are winning it! Well what does that tell you about drugs? Some smart, creative ***** on that side."
-Bill Hicks - Barackalypse, on 06/14/2009, -2/+69Actually it was drug dealers and the US Government that won. The drug dealers got rich, the US Government got more power. Everyone else lost.
- Ghostalker, on 06/14/2009, -0/+64Drugs won, and the taxpayers lost billions of dollars that could have gone to something more beneficial.
- CopsSayLegalize, on 06/14/2009, -0/+53If you want to help end this failed and disastrous war, send a letter to your legislators at http://www.DrugWarDebate.com
- highlymodified, on 06/14/2009, -1/+44I fought in the Drug War...
but then I got really hungry and went M.I.A. for awhile :( - sizzzzlerz, on 06/14/2009, -1/+43Rule #1: Trying to criminalize activities that large groups of people wish to engage in are doomed to fail every time.
Rule #2: See rule #1
It doesn't work for drugs. It didn't work for prohibition. It isn't working for prostitution. In fact, these laws cause far more harm to society than they benefit. That said, I'm willing to be persuaded otherwise. Tell me why I'm wrong. - grimacebrown, on 06/14/2009, -2/+43- The little girl on her pink bike that you run over at Wendy's because you are clam baking your car too much.
- Your girlfriend who gets annoyed because you are a pile of skin on your couch
- Apparently an egg.... because we all know that your brain looks like a broken egg on drugs.
- Your shadow that wants to play basketball.
The victims are numberless.... *sniffle* - grimacebrown, on 06/14/2009, -0/+38This just in.... it takes 40 years to figure out something isn't working...
- inactive, on 06/14/2009, -7/+45Meanwhile;
Amerika builds more prisons than schools
Amerika builds more prisons than ANY OTHER COUNTRY per capita.
Amerika imprisons more of their citizens for non violent crimes than ANY OTHER COUNTRY per capita.
Amerika imprisons more of their citizens for victimless crimes than ANY OTHER COUNTRY per capita.
Amerika manufactures and exports more weapons than ANY OTHER COUNTRY.
Amerika spends more on its military than all other nations on Earth COMBINED
..but, you know, the Amerikan Idol finalists... - inactive, on 06/14/2009, -1/+36the pot.
- inactive, on 06/14/2009, -1/+34When I smoke pot, who is the victim?
- tkr2099, on 06/14/2009, -1/+31Another prophecy from The Onion comes true.
"U.S. Drug Czar Cedes Power To Nation's Stoners
January 10, 1998—After nearly 30 years of combat, the U.S. has lost the drug war. Drug Czar Barry McCaffrey delivered the U.S.'s unconditional surrender in a brief statement Friday. "Despite all our efforts, the United States has proven no match for the awesome power of the illegal high," he said. McCaffrey then handed over power to High Times magazine editor Steven Hager, who will now head the new U.S. Office of Drug Policy, replacing the now-defunct DEA." - boxxa, on 06/14/2009, -0/+29Have we (the USA) won any "war" in the last 20 years?
- inactive, on 06/15/2009, -0/+29I am part of a vast network of loosely organized guerrilla fighters against the war on drugs. We win battles every day. *****, I'm winning a battle right now. And I'll probably win another one tomorrow morning. Man, sometimes morning battles are the best.
- inactive, on 06/14/2009, -0/+28Bill Hicks is my personal Jesus. More than a comedian, a prophet.
- inactive, on 06/15/2009, -0/+28I know. It's like, shadow, I'm too high to play basketball right now, ok? But that mother ***** will not leave it alone.
- borez, on 06/14/2009, -2/+30Drugs did not not win the war on drugs, people who don't like being told that they're not allowed to make decisions regarding there own personal pleasure by others who have no right to tell them what they can and can't do won the war on drugs. Period.
- Stiverton, on 06/14/2009, -0/+25We want a peace treaty, they don't.
- jerkinmygerkin, on 06/14/2009, -0/+24Tell us something we don't know. How the ***** do you expect to win a war on something that can be grown or synthesized?
Smoke weed everyday. - TheNyquilKid, on 06/14/2009, -0/+23Not to mention those who lost their freedom.
- TheNyquilKid, on 06/14/2009, -0/+22The pharmaceutical industry who could be giving you their version of feel good drugs.
- Meursault, on 06/14/2009, -0/+22Next up, the War on Orgasm
- scyphozoa, on 06/14/2009, -1/+23adrenachrome 1 usa 0
- vapn420, on 06/14/2009, -0/+20Key word: your. When mine becomes yours, you can tell me what to do with it, but until then leave me the ***** alone
- Lebek, on 07/26/2009, -0/+21The true victim in the War on Drugs are our Civil Liberties. Drugs are more a symptom than a cause of our societies ills. Prohibition has been proven not to work. The only winners in this war will be the criminals (which also includes the elected ones).
- FlyinRyan89, on 06/15/2009, -0/+17If you don't think marijuana should be legal, then maybe you should crack open a history book.
Marijuana has only been illegal for about 70 years, but its use has been recorded some 10,000 years ago in China.
This plant has been illegal for less than 1% of its known existence. Let's do humanity a big solid and learn from our ancestors, o.k? - MWeather, on 06/15/2009, -2/+18Well it sure isn't America with a C. I learned about that country in school, and it's nothing like our country.
- Atacand, on 06/15/2009, -0/+16Conservatives could own the legalization issue on personal freedoms grounds if they weren't completely controlled by the religious wackjobs.
Also, don't look to the nanny-state left to push legalization either. After all, they're well on the way to banning tobacco. - govsucks, on 06/15/2009, -2/+18You are out of your ***** mind. There was NO SUCH THING as crack and meth before the war on drugs. They are a direct result of the war on drugs. Crack and Meth were INVENTED to try and produce a more powerful drug that was more easily transported. You could have a cop in every house in America and when that collectivist prick went to take a piss, someone would fire up a joint.
You know, drugs are no better excuse to restrict liberty than poverty is *****.
This is ***** America, DEAL with the fact that people do things you don't approve of. - Tehrab, on 06/14/2009, -1/+16You conservatives and your love of the Constitution.
/s - fightingforair, on 06/14/2009, -5/+20I for one welcome our drug overlords.
- buckrogers1965, on 06/14/2009, -0/+15Well, whoever is getting the trillion dollars is "winning." The bastards.
- inactive, on 06/14/2009, -0/+15One of many: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Leonard_Picka ...
Two life terms. WTF, government? - FlyinRyan89, on 06/15/2009, -0/+15My shadow plays with the kid across the street...:(
- govsucks, on 06/15/2009, -1/+15You do realize that up until the early 1900s you could order products for heroin and cocaine use directly from the Sears catalog right? That was before a bunch of self-righteous jack ass collectivists decided freedom for ideals other than theirs was no good.
I swear, war on drug pricks are cut from exactly the same collectivist cloth that social collectivist monkeys are cut from.
Perhaps you guys can get together and fight your war on drugs and poverty together...it will be an anti-human freedom prick festival. - dsmx, on 06/14/2009, -0/+14Yep you make them legal you just don't sell them over the counter and you make sure people are educated truthfully about what they do and how the effect you in the short and long term.
- NikoKun, on 06/15/2009, -0/+14The Doritos.
- Gareth321, on 06/15/2009, -0/+14Na, the the public went bust doing it. A small but important distinction.
- govsucks, on 06/14/2009, -3/+16What!? You can't just eliminate freedom in the name of lofty collectivist goals and expect everything to work out!? Dang!
- MWeather, on 06/15/2009, -0/+12EVERYONE lost their freedom.
- noangelcame, on 06/15/2009, -0/+12The people south of the border are living in constant fear because weed is illegal. It is it's illegality that is creating victims. Not the weed itself. No body is dying in Mexico over Mexican Beer,. even though there is strong demand for it.
Explain how those who lost their lives on 9/11 are victims of weed. If you are talking about drug sales,. I would understand if we were talking about Heroin or Poppy anything,. but I think very little of the weed grown in Afghanistan makes it to the U.S. Regardless,. this is another symptom of the plant being illegal. It is it's illegality that is making victims,. whoever they are. It's just a plant,. like any other,. yet it's worth it's weight in gold. If it were legal,. it wouldn't even fetch a price any higher than a box of tobacco cigarettes. - LemonMachete, on 06/14/2009, -1/+13we should just kill everyone so that there's no crime ever
- inactive, on 06/15/2009, -11/+23Oooo, America with a k. How edgy and impactful.
- Coinspinner, on 06/14/2009, -2/+14But the government went bust doing it.
- MWeather, on 06/15/2009, -0/+11Well, there is the 8th amendment: “Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted.”
- 64bitllama, on 06/15/2009, -0/+10Sonnybobiche. If prohibition worked, you would never have interacted with someone on crack either, because nobody would be doing crack. But surprise surprise, people still do! Prohibition FAILS.
- dazparkour, on 06/15/2009, -0/+10They'll pry it out of my cold dead hands!
- inactive, on 06/15/2009, -0/+10IMHO: The war on drugs cannot be won. The only way to unseat the drug lord cartels is to provide drugs as good or better for way less money. Even that may be already be too late to work.
- Coinspinner, on 06/14/2009, -0/+10Not really sure their goals were "lofty".
Downright greedy more like. - FlyinRyan89, on 06/15/2009, -0/+10this is just off the top of your head, of course...
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/dcf/duc.htm
http://www.ncjrs.gov/htm/chapter2.htm
KNOW your facts. -
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