why is War on Drugs not being brought up?

Question

i dont understand why hilary, obama, edwards, ect never talk about drug policy reform. why are drugs the only thing we cant talk about in public? its like talking about sex in middle school, people just giggle when you talk about it. i just dont understand why we have not put an end to this war!

im starting to feel like the USA has a thing for wars they cant win. why are we putting sick med pot users in jail? why are we wasting the tax dollars putting repeating drug offenders in jail? why why why?

do i want my kids on drugs? of course not. but why waste tax dollars putting a junkie in jail when he should be going through rehab and getting his life straightened out. mandatory minimum sentencing is not the way to go. we should have needle exchange programs all across the nation. you cant stop people from doing drugs but you can make sure they are being safe. you can convince a horny teenager not to have sex, their mind is already made up, but you can give them a condom and educate them on safe sex. it just seems like 3 billion a year to fight something thats already here seems silly. we should be cleaning up our own country before we try to fix other countries.

Answer 1

Because nobody likes to talk about a war that they lost over and over and over again. Speaking of losing wars multiple times, "Mission Accomplished' notwithstanding, we are wasting billions of dollars in Iraq as well. It just seems our government needs something to waste its money on. God forbid we should spend those billions on helping the poor, undereducated, and needy. That would make us a bunch of commies. Can't have that.

Answer 2

Unfortunately the problem with politics is that politicians like to get behind 'sexy' causes that makes them popular with the majority of the voters which a war of drugs is not, they like to pretend it is not happening.

The war on drugs, as in England is a loosing battle until we acknowledge that the methods we are currently using are ineffective and are not reducing the problem.

For example cannabis in the UK is a Class C drug, the problem that no one acknowledges is it is 25 times stronger that what was around 20 years ago. It was thought downgrading the classification would be a vote winner (it has failed and not helped)

It is to do with winning votes and nothing to do with running a country effectively.

Answer 3

Because you can't win a war on drugs or even make headway in 4 years. There is no money to spend on a war on drugs anyway and certainly no money to spend on preventive measures that would fight drug use in the long term.

Answer 4

because its a total loser no one is winning a war on drugs. Make buying sudafed illegal and the mexicans import more raw materials and more is shipped across our extensive border. They jail so many minor drug offenders its becoming a real problem that just like the current ARM mortgage issue will eventually cause huge problems.

Answer 5

particular. The conflict on drugs is a extensive waste of time and attempt. what's needed is a return to private duty. If somebody desires to shoot heroin, smoke crack or dope or however why ought to this be a criminal offense? it particularly is a private selection. by way of an identical token, if it applies, if the guy overdoses, then they should get on the top of the line on the emergency room, in the back of Jose and his new child with a head chilly and wait their turn for provider. in the event that they income waiting for their turn there, oh nicely, do not have been an addict i assume. They do not have made that non-public option to self medicate themselves into an early grave. What might decriminalization do? a million.end a great number of the violence in the indoors cities and around the country that's linked in trafficking and distribution. a. the cost might drop to this sort of point that drug dealing does not have any income to combat over consistent with se. b. Dopers might in basic terms strengthen weed and it would be if truth be told unfastened. c. the government might even get in there and tax it. 2.end filling up the jails with people if truth be told engaged in commerce. 3.end attempting to enforce rules against guy or woman selection. 4.enable our regulation enforcement people chase down greater heinous crimes and different issues like terror communities etc. 5.end the worldwide footsey our CIA and their minions play in South usa and Asia in using drug trafficking and revenue to fund little distractions. 6.We in basic terms can not have the money for this socialistic “mommy” stuff anymore. Downfall a million.greater drug appropriate deaths. 2.greater drug use because of the fact it particularly is now not “criminal”. 3.greater stresses in substance abusing households. 4.desire for removing little ones from such familial environments. 5.desire for containing substance abusers completely to blame for their strikes, even while “extreme”, because of the fact it replaced into their option to “get extreme” in the 1st place. same as alcohol. 6.desire for greater guidance. 7.desire for greater “i in my view choose to provide up clinics.” merchandising to little ones below the age of majority must be a needed 5 years in the great domicile.

Answer 6

Yeah, it is ridiculous. They won't because it isn't politically correct to be pro-drugs. The war on drugs is a waste of time and money, plus it has destroyed so many people's lives.

Answer 7

Why do we kill two million perfectly good dogs every year? Two billions dollars, a drop in the bucket, would take care of them. We spend six billion dollars on barbeque sauce.

Answer 8

"why are we wasting the tax dollars putting repeating drug offenders in jail? why why why?"

Because we don't want them running around with us non-users.

Answer 9

The war on drugs is over! We won!

Answer 10

what war on drugs, they just walk across the river from Mexico, who stops them?