If the "militaristic approach" to controlling drug production is not working isn't it time to legalize drugs?

Question

and regulate them?
UN Drug Chief Antonio Maria Costa warned yesterday that Afhghan insurgency is being funded with a huge increase of 59% of Poppy production. Afghanistan is becoming a Narco state and according to him "the militaristic approach" to controlling poppy cultivation is not working.

Andy R wrote "what grows in Afghanistan stays in Afghanistan" Not! They are supplying 90% of the morphine in the world.

Answer 1

The drug war is an expensive waste of time. We lost! Those who will use drugs will do so regardless of the laws, as we have seen for hundreds of years. Its time to stop financing organized crime and use those funds to support education and medical care.

Answer 2

Well, as we all know, the bad consequences of drugs far outweigh the good consequences. Something needs to replace the extra poppy production so that drugs aren't the only and/or greatest source of income for that country. This just means that we need to work harder to keep drug production under control. Legalising drugs will have a worse outcome in the long run, so we have to just keep going.

Answer 3

Afghanistan only sobered up under the tyranny of the Taliban. The Islamic religion outlaws alcohol as well.

The involvement of the U.S. military just let the people return to the desires of their heart. That is what a democracy does in it's basest form.

The state of their consience isn't something we should be concerned about now policing the illegal production and trafficing of the substance if it is indeed illegal in the eyes of the Afghanistan people is something that international law should deal with.


That's why they have terrific opium sniffng german shepherds set up at the borders to make sure what is grown in Afghanistan stays in Afghanistan if it is an illegal substance.

Answer 4

drugs are a medical problem but
lawyers and govt propaganda dept making too much out of it

plus police then might be ablle to solve real crime ie rapists and thieves ,murders , bank robbers fraudsters ,car stealers ie the real terrorists endangering public well being

hey even the prisons would be empty ,thus able to hold the real criminals long enough to teach them to repent thier gross abuses
maybe even one or two of the white collars who s lawyers are just too slick

but it will never happen ,the prisons [privatised prisons ]would loose money ,they would only lobby for some other persuit to be out lawed [thinkers perhaps ,get tough readers ;on books]?

these rendition flights they arnt carrying the stuff all over the world [who would dare to check right] are they?
thing is its not supposed to be working dont drugs supply the funds for the hidden wars?

Answer 5

Yes, all drugs should have been legalized and taxed many moons ago. It would eliminate all the drug cartels and maybe half the murders in the US. The profit made from legally selling and taxing drugs can be used to fund things like schools and rehabs.

Answer 6

As soon as Bush got in the poppy started growing again amazing isn't it! Well they should legalize weed but thats it the hardcore **** ruins families and in fact I just found out if your a drug addict you can get SSI and I am against this. I want cigerettes banned-if they ban smoking them in cities then they should ban the sales of them in that city.

Answer 7

Do you people really think legalizing drugs would solve anything? You really think crime would go down? What drugs get less addictive if they are legal? Oxycontin is medically regulated and it still one of the highest abused drugs common on people don't tell me you are that naive.

Answer 8

yes, put them all in a designated dope village, and let them have all the drugs they want till they die.

Answer 9

Not legalize, but decriminalize and medicalize.