What do you think about illegal drugs, its consumption and the war on drugs by the USA ?

Question

I would say "Legalize Cannabis" and trough to the garbage the rest of synthetic c**p drugs.

Answer 1

I think a lot of officials would lose pay off money if weed was legalized.  I think the main problem right now is pain pills and prescription drugs.  All rap songs glorify purple drank which is just prescription cough syrup.  They rap about bars which are just big xanax.  All these kids that idolize rappers are going to emulate them too.  there are so many legal drugs being pushed onto kids, its overwhelming.  IMO, the next drug epidemic is going to be regulated prescription drugs.

Answer 2

I would say legalize it too, I would say legalize most of them except I have seen what heroin does and that would prevent me from backing the hard core drugs for becoming legal, just to few people kick it and to many get hooked after only a few times. Pot and Hash should be regulated and taxed just like booze is, the rest have to stay illegal though, cystal meth, heroin, etc...just to addictive and just do hard to kick. They should also dedicate more money to treatment and education instead of interdiction, I wish I knew what the answer was to the hard core drugs though, not sure how we can cut down on the use outside of education and treatment.

Answer 3

The 12 million illegal Mexican immigrants, along with the 17 million Americans of Mexican origin and another 16 million Cubans and other Hispanics total more than those of the next ten most common immigrant nations. Hispanics total about 50% of our total immigrants, posing major implications for assimilation. This is further acerbated by cheaper calls, easier access to Mexico, support from American businesses, and considerable legal support from the Mexican government and elites within the U.S.

Massive Mexican immigration into the U.S. is a relatively new problem - in 1970 less than 800,000 Mexicans were in the U.S. Once in the U.S., Mexican women's fertility rises from 2.4 (in Mexico) to 3.5 in the U.S. - considerably greater than native-born American women. (2002 data)

Mexican immigrants have the lowest citizenship rate - 19%, vs. 42% for Canadians, 54% for Chinese. They are also the least-educated major immigration group - 62% without a high-school education, while their children and grandchildren have a dropout rate of 25%. About 43% of illegal Mexican households use at least one major welfare program, and 50% are eligible for EITC. Even third generation Mexican-Americans use welfare at a level 3X that of American natives.

Over half of Mexicans believe the American S.W. belongs to them. Their consulates in the U.S. lobby for acceptance of matricula cards (opposed by the FBI as inadequate) for ID, in-state tuition, drivers licenses, sanctuary city status, etc.

Studies have found Mexican immigrants somewhat less likely to be criminals than native-born Americans, but their children are much more likely to be. Second-generation males aged 18-39 from El Salvador and Guatemala are incarcerated nearly 6X as often as their parents, those from Mexico 8X, and Vietnamese 12X.

Mass immigration overwhelms our capacity to screen out enemies or locate and remove them. A sampling found a high volume of fraud (40-80%) in H-1B, P-3 (artists and entertainers), L-1 (intra-company transfers) applications. Meanwhile, U.S. agencies held competitions in 2006 for the fastest processing times - approvals are the easiest.

Studies find illegal immigrants pulling down wages, especially at the bottom - about 40% in California between 1969-1997, and undermine the incentives to automate production. (Japan has decided to automate rather than import foreign workers.)

The U.S. spent about $4.5 billion subsidizing the education of foreign college students in 2005-06. Immigrants created about 86% of the growth in uninsured in 1998-2003; 47% of immigrant families were either uninsured or on Medicaid. The number of E.D.s in the U.S. fell 9% from 1993-2003, while visits increased 26%.

A 2004 Heritage Fund study found the average lifetime cost of low-skilled immigrant households was about $1.2 million to taxpayers - about the net benefit to taxpayers of a college-educated family.

Answer 4

Why bother? Buy salvia, it's legal and makes you hallucinate ridiculously.

Answer 5

if drugs were legalized it would be a victimless crime.

no drug dealers, no drug deals, no drug deals gone bad, crime would go down drastically.

Answer 6

I hate most illegal drugs.  I have a brother who has battled a crack addiction for over twenty years.  This puts me in a quandary at times, as marijuana, in my opinion, is pretty harmless.

As far as the "war on drugs" in the US, I think it has been an ineffective waste of blood and treasure.  Far more money is spent on the investigation, prosecution, and incarceration of even the most innocuous offenders than is spent on treatment.  It is a pitiful shame that we do not have the most excellent treatment programs available to anyone who needs them.

Answer 7

God created Cannabis, and what God creates is sacred and can't be forbidden by any human law.

I am glad it is legal in CA,AK,NM,CO,OR,WA,NV,Hawaii and Maine.

Chief Joseph wish you well

Answer 8

They add psychotic drugs to the water supply; I think it's a waste. Marijuana is the only illegal drug the government ISN'T dealing into the country, and that's why it remains illegal. They have no financial gain from it.

Answer 9

If this has not been written already the make Consumption itself illegal or create alternative currencies so The Gov cannot fine people. Understand sarcasm.

Good wind up.

Answer 10

yes legalize for people over 21 :)

They tell us what to do , we have to work , we have to pay bills , we can't sell our kids lol :) jking , we can't drink and drive - so lets stay home and fly :)