I am unsure about legalizing drugs. But I do know the system we have now is not working. There needs to be a change and I'm sure it could be done by governments working together with their police and military to devise a solution. My concern about drugs like marijuana or any other drug, is being smoked while driving or used prior to driving.
We know Proibition didn't work. People died because they consumed home brew. And whenever a person got bootlegged whiskey, they drank it until none was left and many died. It is the same senario as with drugs.
If drugs were not underground there wouldn't be the same thrill for kids wanting them. There would be no need for pushers because someone else pressured them into using drugs and thereby getting them hooked on them. Once they are hooked they have to keep getting a fix and they have to return to the seller to get more and the only way they could pay for them would be to steal. Then they try to get someone esle hooked on drugs so they can get a kick back. There should be less burglaries if drugs were controlled properly and less deaths, and less incarcerated people.
SockRayBlue - 12 years ago
Drugs such as cocaine, marijuana and whatever else is used to further the ends of the drug gangs needs to be labeled as a money gathering tool of terrorists and as such those people labeled domestic terrorists and either shot on sight or jailed for life along with a very terrible existence in prison. So much for "rights" when it comes to drugs and gangs. Nothing will come of this until Mexico and the US finally figure this out.
Maid195 - 12 years ago
Prohibition didn't work in the US, all it did was create a few millionaires ( the Kennedys, Bronfmans, Reichmans) and destroy a lot of lives.
The "war on drugs" has cost more, caused more death and threatens to bring down governments than the drugs themselves.
The money saved on policing costs, court costs, incarceration costs ( could it be that "for profit" prisons have kept this outdated policy alive?) and social costs would allow for revamping treatment of those who want to get off drugs, and bring down the cost and thus reduce the criminal activity associated with the addictions of those who don't.
I am ashamed of Harper for siding with Obama in refusing to open meaningful dialogue with countries in Mexico and Central America that are being devastated by the US mandaged "war on drugs.
Legalize them and sell the like alcohol and tobacco, we have much more pressing problems to deal with.
A.R. - 12 years ago
We can deal with the social issues that stem from drug use like we're doing already, while seeing the crime associated with prohibition decline.
Dj Avutov - 12 years ago
How does the Gov. not consider alcohol and tobacco as a drug itself? It has similar effects as hard drugs (Crack-Cocaine) and soft drugs (like Marijuana). The Gov. is trying to stop a war that they keep aggravating.
also not a criminal :) - 12 years ago
The drug war is an outdated policy. Drugs were here to stay the minute they were discovered. Alcohol was discovered before bread was. Stop locking people up for drug use! Stop the so called drug war.
I am unsure about legalizing drugs. But I do know the system we have now is not working. There needs to be a change and I'm sure it could be done by governments working together with their police and military to devise a solution. My concern about drugs like marijuana or any other drug, is being smoked while driving or used prior to driving.
We know Proibition didn't work. People died because they consumed home brew. And whenever a person got bootlegged whiskey, they drank it until none was left and many died. It is the same senario as with drugs.
If drugs were not underground there wouldn't be the same thrill for kids wanting them. There would be no need for pushers because someone else pressured them into using drugs and thereby getting them hooked on them. Once they are hooked they have to keep getting a fix and they have to return to the seller to get more and the only way they could pay for them would be to steal. Then they try to get someone esle hooked on drugs so they can get a kick back. There should be less burglaries if drugs were controlled properly and less deaths, and less incarcerated people.
Drugs such as cocaine, marijuana and whatever else is used to further the ends of the drug gangs needs to be labeled as a money gathering tool of terrorists and as such those people labeled domestic terrorists and either shot on sight or jailed for life along with a very terrible existence in prison. So much for "rights" when it comes to drugs and gangs. Nothing will come of this until Mexico and the US finally figure this out.
Prohibition didn't work in the US, all it did was create a few millionaires ( the Kennedys, Bronfmans, Reichmans) and destroy a lot of lives.
The "war on drugs" has cost more, caused more death and threatens to bring down governments than the drugs themselves.
The money saved on policing costs, court costs, incarceration costs ( could it be that "for profit" prisons have kept this outdated policy alive?) and social costs would allow for revamping treatment of those who want to get off drugs, and bring down the cost and thus reduce the criminal activity associated with the addictions of those who don't.
I am ashamed of Harper for siding with Obama in refusing to open meaningful dialogue with countries in Mexico and Central America that are being devastated by the US mandaged "war on drugs.
Legalize them and sell the like alcohol and tobacco, we have much more pressing problems to deal with.
We can deal with the social issues that stem from drug use like we're doing already, while seeing the crime associated with prohibition decline.
How does the Gov. not consider alcohol and tobacco as a drug itself? It has similar effects as hard drugs (Crack-Cocaine) and soft drugs (like Marijuana). The Gov. is trying to stop a war that they keep aggravating.
The drug war is an outdated policy. Drugs were here to stay the minute they were discovered. Alcohol was discovered before bread was. Stop locking people up for drug use! Stop the so called drug war.
Nobody belongs in a cage for drug possession/use.