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- JenniferInMO, on 01/08/2009, -5/+185This is the most comprehensive and well written piece on how we lost the War on Drugs, why we cannot win it and what it has done to our country. It is a long read, but one of the best and most fact based an unbiased I have read in a long time. Please take the time to read it all and share it.
- GovernmentSp00k, on 01/08/2009, -9/+159"WAR ON (some..) DRUGS"
"WAR ON TERROR"
Both absolute **frauds** of epic proportion.
How do people buy this *****?
Whenever the administration declares "war" on something, that only means we will see MORE, much more, of whatever they declare "war" on.
Anytime the mis-leaders, paid-for puppets, Owned TOOLS, fake "representatives of the American people", sold out professional deceivers, presidential front-men, Wall Street hoodwinks, PNAC schemers and organized crime voted into power declare "war" on anything, you can be absolutely rest assured it's a giant scam. - ajgasper, on 01/08/2009, -2/+100I had a buddy from the Marine Corps who started robbing drug dealers in Pennsylvania several years after he got out. He didn't realize how effective he was until Federal and State agencies put together special task forces to deal with the situation. Apparently drugs dried up in a four county region. They suspected it was him, but never had evidence, so they sent him to prison on unrelated misdemeanor charges. It turns out the reason they put together the special task forces was because law enforcement, prosecutors, and politicians stopped getting their kickbacks. He said during the interrogations he definitely knew who the good guys were. They always stepped in every time physical interrogation started to be used. I thought it was Mutt and Jeff interrogation techniques being used, but he said he knew the difference.
- jixx3r, on 01/09/2009, -1/+89I'm waiting for The War on War
- normlsparky, on 01/08/2009, -2/+68Don't sit around and wait for Obama to change laws regarding drug use or end the war on drugs. Politicians at the federal level just don't have the spine to tackle controversial issues. Change at the federal level will only occur after many states change their laws. Get involved in one of the many groups currently working to bring about this change at the state and local level. Here are some links:
http://norml.org/
http://www.mpp.org/
http://www.lindesmith.org/homepage.cfm
Here are some of their recent accomplishments:
http://www.mpp.org/library/2008-ballot-initiatives ...
Educate yourselves on this issue and actively engage groups or individuals that defend our current policies. - mstachiw, on 01/08/2009, -3/+67If you look at the macrocosm of "The War on Drugs" and America's involvement in the writing on the wall is "regulation."
US mafia, CIA, and foreign nationals all have a connection to the multibillion dollar industry. - borez, on 01/08/2009, -2/+58Because the "War on drugs" was never meant to succeed.
- MsLaurel, on 01/08/2009, -2/+58ZOUNDS!!! All we have to do to ensure that meds are cheap and plentiful is to make THEM illegal --LOL!!!
- Drahkar, on 01/09/2009, -0/+44The statement on how it was 'Lost' is inaccurate because its not something that could ever be won. Its like the Prohibition. Until they legalize all drugs and just tax and regulate them as well as create a support structure for dealing with the fallout of stupid people abusing it then it will continue to fund crime and terror world wide.
And with the amount of money we waste in the so called 'War' it wouldn't take even close to that to create the support structure. Not to mention the money brought in by taxing it all. - inactive, on 01/08/2009, -1/+43That DARE program works though, it teaches kids everything they ever wanted to know about drugs- and how to use them!
- JenniferInMO, on 01/08/2009, -6/+47This post sets out many of the reasons why legalization of marijuana is needed: http://digg.com/political_opinion/What_s_Behind_th ...
- Infowarsdotcom, on 01/09/2009, -3/+43The war on drugs was never intended to be won.
It's a money laundering scheme run by the CIA and Wall Street and in the process they've created a society of people who fear their neighbors and are more open to a big brother government.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AgMvy9Adwbc - GovernmentSp00k, on 01/08/2009, -1/+40Cocaine Import Agency... Criminals In Action.... There is more money and profit to be made in the sale and trafficking of "illegal" drugs than food worldwide. Mena Airport anyone?
- jhbarr, on 01/09/2009, -1/+34How America lost the War on Drugs...They had a War on Drugs.
- CommonSense2k8, on 01/09/2009, -3/+35CIA = America's Biggest Drug Dealers
http://notcia.com/drugs.html - spyd3rweb, on 01/09/2009, -0/+31The sad thing is the US lost the first War On Drugs back in 1933 and didn't learn from it.
- scamper22, on 01/09/2009, -0/+30How America lost the war on drugs?
By having a war on drugs :P
Be defining an unwinnable war, you get more power... the goal of all governments. - JenniferInMO, on 01/08/2009, -2/+31More than 10,000 law enforcement (current and retired) actively speak out about prohibition and the need to end the failed "War on Drugs." http://www.leap.cc/cms/index.php
- ajgasper, on 01/08/2009, -1/+26Politicians at the state level aren't going to tackle this. Two weeks ago there was a similar statement made in the local paper here in Annapolis, MD (12/15 The Capital article “Day is for people, night is for drugs”). Annapolis Police Chief Michael Pristoop estimated the weekly drug trade was about $400,000 a week, and they had been at for over 30 years and nothing had changed. Then they quoted an unnamed police officer who said they needed to legalize it. Then they essentially said that even though some politicians agreed, to mention it would be political suicide.
- Frankyfan3, on 01/09/2009, -2/+26Million Marijuana March:
July 4th 2009... Washington DC - Seminarian, on 01/08/2009, -0/+24You are so right.
As long ago as the early 70's, that staid bastion of middle class sensibility, Consumer's Union (publishers of Consumer Reports) began advocating legalization of recreational drugs.
It seems that every time we look into a big social problem, we find that somebody is making huge profits on keeping things the way they are.
People buy it because they are socialized and educated to be overly compliant and overly trusting. It starts in grade school, and it is reinforced by television. - RedStateRetard, on 01/09/2009, -0/+22If you can't stop drugs from getting to highly secure places like prisons, how can you stop them from penetrating society in general?
I'm a flip-flopper on this issue. I was "lock them up forever!" But I see it's having NO EFFECT. So now I'm "meh, I give up"
Since we are heading for another Great Depression. Maybe we repeal drug prohibition like we did alcohol prohibition during the last Depression. - anonymiau, on 01/09/2009, -0/+22The war on drugs was lost before it even began.
- gluesniffined, on 01/09/2009, -0/+21Uhhhhh....by not learning their lesson from prohibition?
- uncajoe, on 01/08/2009, -0/+21There's no such thing as a winner in any war.
- toshimonkey, on 01/09/2009, -2/+20Meanwhile, now that drugs *are* illegal, nobody abuses them right? And if they are made legal suddenly everybody will want to be a junkie? We should just treat everybody with the assumption that they are criminals and are incapable of self-government and punish everybody accordingly.
If heroin or cocaine were made legal tomorrow, I would not start doing them because I know how destructive they are. See, I govern my own actions, and I don't need people like jh42 governing them for me. I'd much rather see my children going to well-funded schools with up-to-date facilities and well-paid, competent teachers... but nope, my kids go to what is basically a shoddy day-care facility, receiving an education from people who are a step away from working at Taco Bell, while all my tax dollars that should be going to my kids' education is being spent protecting stupid drug abusers from themselves (and failing at it).
Addicts will do what they do whether it is legal or not. Locking them up in jail just makes the problem worse. People are supposed to be responsible for their own actions. If you want the government to tell you how to live then you are too weak or stupid to make responsible decisions on your own, and my kids shouldn't have to pay the price for your idiocy. - absurdist, on 01/09/2009, -0/+17DARE -
Drugs
Are
Really
Excellent!
I turned my parents in and all I got was this lousy T-shirt - inactive, on 01/09/2009, -1/+18I don't use drugs, but I don't believe the government has the right to lock someone in prison who chooses to use them. As for health risks and crime - they derive from the fact that drugs are illegal.
- dsmx, on 01/08/2009, -0/+15War never determines whose right, only whose left.
- JenniferInMO, on 01/08/2009, -1/+16That's way we need to demand that it end.
- rendereduseless, on 01/09/2009, -2/+17i think we just enjoy losing wars
- JenniferInMO, on 01/08/2009, -1/+16On a related note, check out the results from the militarization and the big bucks spent on the front on the War on Drugs during the Bush Administration years. http://digg.com/world_news/George_W_Bush_s_Marijua ...
- normlsparky, on 01/08/2009, -0/+15I've always thought that the govt. uses this money to fund their secret programs. Anything that they would rather not put before Congress or the public.
Maybe that's why they resist changing drug laws at the federal level. - akhomestead, on 01/09/2009, -0/+15The sure did learn from it. They learned people will pay a lot more for drugs that are illegal.
- jakereilly, on 01/09/2009, -1/+15Drugs will never be eliminated you fool.
Common sense. Get your head out of your ass.
Oh, and I'm not a pothead. I'm an intelligent American who respects the rights of people to do as they please to their own bodies in the comfort of their own home. Thats called freedom, in case your forgot. - jgubbe, on 01/09/2009, -0/+13Should be April 20th
- NinaOdell, on 01/08/2009, -3/+16http://widgets.clearspring.com/cscallback/urlexcha ...
- CoqueRoache, on 01/09/2009, -1/+14The real dangers of crack, meth, coke ... are products of the drug war! If drugs were legal, their production would be regulated so they wouldn't be full of so much crap (there would also be more research of the possible dangers). Pure cocaine would definitely be better for any addict who currently has to settle for what they find on the street. Your arguments would have no relevance if drugs were legal!
Some positive effects include:
- medical benefits (see maps.org for starters)
- all the greatest works of art
So, if you are still against drugs, take Bill Hicks advice and destroy all your music - JenniferInMO, on 01/09/2009, -1/+14The "Rolling Stones" are a rock band, and yes they are still alive, kicking and bringing in the bucks.
"Rolling Stone" has always been an award-winning publication. Their investigative reporting is top notch! - inactive, on 01/09/2009, -2/+15This is what you kind of people don't understand. It's our FREEDOM to choose what we want to put in our bodies. It's in our constitution. It's our LIBERTY.
Haven't you read the stories about the corporate executives STEALING from millions of workers. Please...don't try and rationalize a moot point.
Go QQ some more... - boulderomen, on 01/09/2009, -0/+12Well, I want my money back!
- JenniferInMO, on 01/09/2009, -0/+12I don't use drugs, nor would I if they were legal. That is not the issue. Please read the article.
- Yage2006, on 01/09/2009, -0/+12The point for most is not to legalize them because they are good but to legalize them because no good is coming out of prohibiting them.
- inactive, on 01/09/2009, -0/+11All wars generate a profit, this one is no exception. Some people DID won something out of this world, and they are still winning...
- Bjango, on 01/09/2009, -1/+12I ***** hated DARE.
- DubYaSee, on 01/09/2009, -0/+11I dream of a journalistic expose on illegal drug money finding its way to the highest levels of our government. At least that was the way it would have happened with Clark Kent and Lois lane on the job.
- inactive, on 01/09/2009, -2/+13You can't win a war when the enemy is your own country...
- thecolorifix, on 01/09/2009, -0/+11THANK YOU!
- emjaymj, on 01/09/2009, -0/+11@jh42
The sheer number of people who have tried a drug like marijuana (about half in America) are evidence that what's keeping people from doing drugs like heroin and cocaine is NOT the illegality of it. The Netherlands is much more permissive with regards to marijuana use and yet only 20% of the Dutch have tried it. And yet somehow people like you think that legalization = endorsement?
If somebody wants to start smoking crack, despite society's view of the substance, the fact that it's illegal is NOT going to stop them. Tbe fact that you ARE "a person who sees regularly the consequences of peers and former coworker's sacrifices towards a pitiful addiction to a meaningless substance" should indicate to you that criminalization doesn't do anything. Yes, alcohol addiction is more common than all illegal substances put together, but this is a product of society's tolerance and acceptance of this particular substance, not the fact that it's legal. The prohibition era proved this.
Proper drug education (that is, one NOT based on misinformation) is the ONLY proven way of reducing drug abuse. Instead, we're funding organized crime and terrorism, and putting innocent, non-violent people in prison, because people like you perpetuate the foolish idea that criminalizing drugs HELPS society. - inactive, on 01/09/2009, -0/+11It's bound to happen.
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