Technically, we wouldn't have to legalize it for the war on drugs to end. I mean, the police don't bust down doors on a regular basis to make sure the house isn't storing dead bodies, but that doesn't mean murder's suddenly been legalized.
Obviously I would prefer to legalize the stuff, but torpedoing the ridiculous "War on Drugs", with all its excesses and gang-rapes of the Constitution, would work fairly well for me too.
2007-04-07 13:04:11 · 8 answers · asked by Ryan M 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
I've been screamed at, beaten, and tortured by people on drugs-all drunk. More crimes are commited in America by people who are drunk than are "on drugs" every day. The "war on drugs" policy was made by people holding a cocktail in one hand and a cigarette in the other.
Either make alcohol illegal or make all drugs legal. I have so much contempt for the hypocritical people who made this "war": drunks against drug addicts. Drunks can do whatever they want, the rest of us just have to take it. Drunks go back in their cars and keep killing and drug addicts are in jail for life. Are we any "safer"?
2007-04-07 15:27:13 · answer #1 · answered by edith clarke 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I've been clean for 7 1/2 trs. Nixon declared a War on Drugs in 1972. We lost.
Proof? Put me in any decent sized city and I'll get you whatever you want (but not today, thanks). I once copped in Baltimore in 15 minutes and that was only because the line was 5 mins. long.
Spend the money on what is proven to work: treatment and education. If alcohol is legal, everything should be legal. Alcohol kills more people than all other drugs combined.
2007-04-07 20:12:37 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 1⤋
What is needed is a rational debate on which drugs do what, and of course the dangers to society in the supply chain.
It is very complex. Meth is a scourge. It inevitably kills the user and is a danger to innocents in the production. We need to be very harsh to those who make it and sell it. Concersely, we need to be able to intervene quickly and compassionately for those who are hooked on it. Of course, left untreated these people soon die anyway. Either way, the meth epidemic will die out.
2007-04-09 01:18:04 · answer #3 · answered by jloertscher 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes. End it. We're still paying taxes to imprison petty offenders who used cannabis, like over 30 million other Americans who ever went to high school. It's locking up huge numbers of people for things better dealt with through rehabilitation, should legalization not occur
P.S. Never used drugs. I don't smoke or drink, either.
2007-04-07 20:10:13 · answer #4 · answered by Dalarus 7 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Even the Smartest Conservative on the Planet, William F. Buckley, agrees with me by saying yes.
2007-04-07 20:17:54 · answer #5 · answered by Laughing Man Copycat 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
The so-called "war on drugs" is one of the most tyrannical things our country has ever pursued.
This charade is the antithesis of freedom, and has no business being on the same planet as the U.S. Constitution.
2007-04-07 20:14:21 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 1⤋
I believe you should be part of the solution and not part of the problem with your attitude ........
2007-04-07 20:16:46 · answer #7 · answered by dca2003311@yahoo.com 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
obviously, you're a druggie, cause anyone not on drugs can see how much drugs affect people.
2007-04-07 20:11:28 · answer #8 · answered by box778899 2 · 3⤊ 2⤋