Should we end the Drug War?

Question

Since the drug war is a total failure is there any alternatives other than shoot and prison.

Was there a time in this country when we had a disastrous explosion of crime from some type of illegal substances was the main income of the criminal element families.

What was done to counter that problem?

Answer 1

Yes, for the reason you give. The drug war is a total failure.

Answer 2

Absolutely. It is a joke and a waste of money.

Answer 3

I believe if we was to make some drugs legal, crime would drop and think of all the tax money the Gov. could get with legal drugs not to mention the money the Gov. would save by not fighting a losing battle for the war on drugs.

Answer 4

The only way to reduce the flow of drugs is to reduce the demand.  Doing that has been as challenging as stopping the flow of drugs.

I'd still end at least some of the practices we use to fight the war on drugs - specifically the ability for law enforcement authorities to impound property suspected of being involved in drug trafficking even when no criminal charges are ever brought.

The idea sounded good when it was only applied to major drug lords that were guaranteed to never see a court room.  Unfortunately, the idea has been expanded to the point that just carrying too large a sum of money on you could get your money and your property confiscated.

Answer 5

As long as there is dope feem there is dope dealer.

Answer 6

Yes we should stop the drug war.

1.  We spend approx 50 Billion dollars per year on incarceration, prosecution, defense, investigation, and other ridiculous drug war activites while a minority of this money is allocated to treatment for those that need help.

2.  Drug war increases profits for those dealing drugs.

3.  Drug war cannot prevent availability of drugs- aclohol was harder to get in my highschool than marijuana or vicodin- guess why?  Hint: one dealer wasn't checking for ID's.

4.  Drug War if fundamentally not a proper function of government.  The govenrment should require that drug dealers sell only to adults, sell pure products, provide accurate warnings, and provide proper dosage units.  This will reduce overdoses, disease trasnmission, and restore our bill of rights.  Nearly every 4th amendment exception has been granted by the supreme court for "war on some drugs" purposes.

5.  People must be free to do as they plese so long as they do not infringe upon another's rights.  You have no right to sell my children drugs or bring them into my house, but I, through the government, have no right to tell you what you can do while alone, in your own house, and without any children present.

6.  Courts and prisons are clogged w/ victimless crimes.  Drug dealers and users should not be in the court system.  Violent offenders, theifs, and people who lie in advertising their products/commit fraud, should be.  We have s*x offenders and murderers getting less time in jail than nonviolent drug dealers, and users in some cases, who don't hurt a sole.

Let's pray for sanity in drug policy.

Answer 7

Ya, Right

WAR ON DRUGS,

What a CROCK!

We have had a "war on drugs" a "war on poverty" and now

TA-DA! the War on Terror!

is this a CRAZY world

or?

Whenever the administration comes out with a "war on *"

you just know that it gotta be bogus!

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