Who thinks the "War on Drugs" led to the home-made, more harmful drugs (crack, meth)?

Answer 1

The root cause of the meth epidemic is that it was sanctioned by the governments of the United States, Germany and Japan and given to many men in their militaries.

I am not sure how the War on Drugs plays into that. Basically the War on Drugs was a fascade to cover up the massive military funding in Reagan's War on Latin America. It was aguise for giving our butcher allies the right to supress thier native populations, break unions, and rule with an iron fist so that Reagan's owners could profit. It was also an attack on the Catholic Church there too...

Very little to do with drugs actually, and statistics show the more money we spent on the War on Drugs the more Drugs were coming into the US. It is simple economics - supply and demand.

Answer 2

I don't. Crack and meth existed before the so-called War on Drugs.

I don't think the War on Drugs inspires drug use, but I do think it promotes drug-related crime. Drugs are a demand-side problem, not a supply-side problem. Therefore, when you cut-down on supply, the price skyrockets because users have relatively inelastic demand curves. In simpler terms, dope-fiends will now need to mug several more people in order to cop.

Illegalizing drugs will only ensure that only the worst scumbags in society will be willing to take the risk of dealing. Hence, turf wars and drive-by shootings will develop.

Answer 3

No. the War on Drugs failed to stop drugs from getting in this country. Crack and Meth were created cause they got people more f'ed up then the other drugs and they could get people hooked and make money.

Answer 4

Drug treatment costs more money than jails.

Mental health treatment costs less money than jail.

Crack and meth is cheaper than many drugs prescribed for mental illness.

Alcohol and cigarettes are the cheapest drugs of all except that the doctors are trying to ban cigarette smoking for nicotene based medications.

So, someone who has mental illness will drink and do street drugs until he/she winds up in jail. Judges send people to drug treatment but neglect the mental health treatment because drug treatment is more expensive.

Meanwhile, someone has to pay police to perform drug raids and arrest the drug makers and users. Someone has to pay the COs and other prison employees to oversee the drug manufacturer, dealer and user.

Answer 5

The war on drugs had made the users to make drugs at home or in their backyards which is more detrimental to the society because it is hard to control since apprehensions is hard to make due to privacy of domicile.

Answer 6

I think it played a big part in it.

Answer 7

I think it's the other way around.