Do you agree with the "War On Drugs"?

[Spiderman]

To what extent do you agree with or disagree with the war on drugs and why?

If I were God , there would be no war on drugs, because there would be no need for drugs.

Everyone, would be happy, peaceful, euphoric, no PTSD, no depression, no lack of anything, no want , no misery, hysterical laughter in abundance, chronic entertainment , amusement, and excitement, no confusion, pure enlightenment, sober ecstasy etc.

Shucks! I'm not God!

 

[sun rise]

"War on drugs" is entirely the wrong metaphor. Addiction is real as is the habit that can be formed with various drugs. There are side-effects etc.

Instead we should focus on what causes people to turn to drugs with understanding and compassion.

 

[Altfish]

Governments should legalise drugs, control the market, get revenue through taxes, undercut the dealers, monitor the users.

You will then make an income from drugs but also save a fortune on law enforcement, prisons, courts etc.
Also remember that much minor crime is fuelled by the need to raise money for drugs to feed the habit. If you cut the cost of drugs you reduce the need to steal.
If 'hard drugs' users are monitored you have an opportunity to treat these people and hopefully wean them off.

 

[John53]

It hasn't been even remotely effective.

 

[Spiderman]

Governments should legalise drugs, control the market, get revenue through taxes, undercut the dealers, monitor the users.

You will then make an income from drugs but also save a fortune on law enforcement, prisons, courts etc.
Also remember that much minor crime is fuelled by the need to raise money for drugs to feed the habit. If you cut the cost of drugs you reduce the need to steal.
If 'hard drugs' users are monitored you have an opportunity to treat these people and hopefully wean them off.

It also would let people know what milligrams they are getting and what it's cut with .

This could decrease overdose deaths and help the economy.

 

[Altfish]

It also would let people know what milligrams they are getting and what it's cut with .

This could decrease overdose deaths and help the economy.

Indeed, I meant to mention that.

 

[Evangelicalhumanist]

Governments should legalise drugs, control the market, get revenue through taxes, undercut the dealers, monitor the users.

You will then make an income from drugs but also save a fortune on law enforcement, prisons, courts etc.
Also remember that much minor crime is fuelled by the need to raise money for drugs to feed the habit. If you cut the cost of drugs you reduce the need to steal.
If 'hard drugs' users are monitored you have an opportunity to treat these people and hopefully wean them off.

What he said...

 

[savagewind]

To what extent do you agree with or disagree with the war on drugs and why?

If I were God , there would be no war on drugs, because there would be no need for drugs.

Everyone, would be happy, peaceful, euphoric, no PTSD, no depression, no lack of anything, no want , no misery, hysterical laughter in abundance, chronic entertainment , amusement, and excitement, no confusion, pure enlightenment, sober ecstasy etc.

Shucks! I'm not God!

I agree. Drugs are harmful and illegal. Like murder, and every other crime, drug abuse ought to be fought. Fighting is war. Amen!

 

[The Hammer]

Governments should legalise drugs, control the market, get revenue through taxes, undercut the dealers, monitor the users.

You will then make an income from drugs but also save a fortune on law enforcement, prisons, courts etc.
Also remember that much minor crime is fuelled by the need to raise money for drugs to feed the habit. If you cut the cost of drugs you reduce the need to steal.
If 'hard drugs' users are monitored you have an opportunity to treat these people and hopefully wean them off.

Yup, this all the way.

 

[savagewind]

I might have a drinking problem. I do not have a drug problem. Alcohol is easily accessible. It is the reason that I have a problem with it. I believe that drug addiction is worse than an alcohol problem. If drugs were not so very accessible the abuse of them would not be causing personal problems and death.

I believe in the war against drinking and driving. It is a good war.

Can the war against drugs be any worse than that...or better?

I think that the illegal drug problem is about making bad people rich. If that can be stopped, I am all for it!

 

[Jeremiah Ames]

To what extent do you agree with or disagree with the war on drugs and why?

If I were God , there would be no war on drugs, because there would be no need for drugs.

Everyone, would be happy, peaceful, euphoric, no PTSD, no depression, no lack of anything, no want , no misery, hysterical laughter in abundance, chronic entertainment , amusement, and excitement, no confusion, pure enlightenment, sober ecstasy etc.

Shucks! I'm not God!

Follow the money. And the power. Who has these? Who wants these?

The war on drugs is like all wars.

It’s all about money, and control.

 

[Twilight Hue]

To what extent do you agree with or disagree with the war on drugs and why?

If I were God , there would be no war on drugs, because there would be no need for drugs.

Everyone, would be happy, peaceful, euphoric, no PTSD, no depression, no lack of anything, no want , no misery, hysterical laughter in abundance, chronic entertainment , amusement, and excitement, no confusion, pure enlightenment, sober ecstasy etc.

Shucks! I'm not God!

I think we would quickly look like Jamaica.

Or

Frisco....

Reality is pretty direct.

 

[Revoltingest]

Bad war on drugs....bad war!!!

 

[Suave]

To what extent do you agree with or disagree with the war on drugs and why?

If I were God , there would be no war on drugs, because there would be no need for drugs.

Everyone, would be happy, peaceful, euphoric, no PTSD, no depression, no lack of anything, no want , no misery, hysterical laughter in abundance, chronic entertainment , amusement, and excitement, no confusion, pure enlightenment, sober ecstasy etc.

Shucks! I'm not God!

I'm against the war on drugs, because I'd like drug addiction to be treated as a public health crisis instead of as being treated as a criminal offense. Also, I'd like cannabis to be federally legalized in order to be regulated and taxed like how alcohol and tobacco is regulated and taxed by our federal government.

 

[Shadow Wolf]

Drug addiction and abuse are health problems, not criminal activities. People need help, not incarceration and a life ruined from a legal system that often times does more damage than the drug.

 

[PureX]

I don't know what a "war on drugs" is. But I don't believe we should make harmful drugs legal and available to anyone.

 

[Shadow Wolf]

I don't know what a "war on drugs" is. But I don't believe we should make harmful drugs legal and available to anyone.

How do you not know what it is? It started with Nixon, and was ramped up to what it is today by Reagan.
Ultimately it has done considerably more damage to people than the drugs have, it's a massive tax burden, it gives America an embarrassingly high incarceration rate (jails and prisons are flooded with people guilty of possession), and it criminalizes illness (something that can never be good or just). It also creates many burdens and obstacles in seeking treatment, both with the illegal nature scaring people away and creating extremely difficult barriers to clear to study the substances in any manner. This has set back addiction treatment and cleared the way for failed and often dangerous faith-based rehab programs.

 

[oldbadger]

Governments should legalise drugs, control the market, get revenue through taxes, undercut the dealers, monitor the users.

You will then make an income from drugs but also save a fortune on law enforcement, prisons, courts etc.
Also remember that much minor crime is fuelled by the need to raise money for drugs to feed the habit. If you cut the cost of drugs you reduce the need to steal.
If 'hard drugs' users are monitored you have an opportunity to treat these people and hopefully wean them off.

This..... ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

 

[Mock Turtle]

Governments should legalise drugs, control the market, get revenue through taxes, undercut the dealers, monitor the users.

You will then make an income from drugs but also save a fortune on law enforcement, prisons, courts etc.
Also remember that much minor crime is fuelled by the need to raise money for drugs to feed the habit. If you cut the cost of drugs you reduce the need to steal.
If 'hard drugs' users are monitored you have an opportunity to treat these people and hopefully wean them off.

Is it possible that there might still be an illegal market though, and where such was cheaper than the controlled variety, and hence perhaps appealing to more (the young being a likely target), such that problems still arose. Plus the fact that perhaps more resources would need to be in place so as to monitor both - the legal and the illegal.

 

[Koldo]

I think we would quickly look like Jamaica.

Or

Frisco....

Reality is pretty direct.

If my memory serves me right, you are opposed to having a surveillance state. Isn't that correct?

If that's the case, how else do you think the government is going to win this war?

I think you don't understand that you want two contradictory things: a weak State and a strong State.