What do you think about the war on drugs?
What is the solution?
Who needs to be held accountable?
2007-11-10 10:01:10 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
Do you think the US has been successful?
2007-11-10 10:07:37 · update #1
No.
Solution:
1. Legalize it.
2. Tax it.
3. Use tax revenue to pay for education and treatment.
Problem solved.
2007-11-10 10:07:02 · answer #1 · answered by Damian M 3 · 8⤊ 1⤋
The war on drugs has long been lost. It never should have started to begin with,what business does the government have telling people they can't use a drug? All we have accomplished is imprisoning hundreds of thousands of non-violent drug users,while we let out rapists and child molesters out earlier in order to make more room for the drug users. Billions have been thrown into a hole,millions have been given to countries like Columbia to "stop the drug flow" most of which has gone into the pockets of corrupt politicians. The violence involved with the drug trade has increased by a factor of 20,the drugs are more plentiful and cheaper than when this supposed "war" began,and the police now have more power than ever,which is probably half the reason many city cops are now such thugs they're as bad as the criminals. What a resounding success!!!
YTP
2007-11-10 18:54:21 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
What do you think about the war on drugs?
If there is a war on drugs, how do you treat people with casualties? More drugs?
What is the solution?
I'd guess not buying or selling illegal drugs. Therefore, we should make all drugs legal that way no one can buy or sell illegal drugs.
Who needs to be held accountable?
Polliticians who haven't legalized all drugs.
2007-11-10 18:23:08 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
The basic economic law of supply and demand tells us that whenever a demand for something exists a supply will exist to fulfill that demand.
For example, there is a demand for a cancer cure so there is a supply of cancer cures available. They don't work, but, who cares? If you want a cure for cancer you can buy one.
The same is true of drugs, alcohol, prostitution, gambling and everything else people want.
If people want something a supply will exist to fill the demand.
No law passed by people, no amount of law enforcement, no border security, no drug sniffing dog is going to change the basic facts of the economic law of supply and demand.
Right now the market for recreational drugs is uncontrolled because we refuse to admit that we cannot force people to live the way we would like them to.
The only way to get control of the market is by legalizing and regulating the market. I believe we should also tax the market the way we do gasoline, alcohol and cigarettes.
The only way to win the war on drugs is legalization, taxation and appropriate regulation.
Simple logic and facts.
2007-11-10 18:26:25 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
The drug czars always get 3-4 billion. But it's like dipping water with a fish net. Closing the border would help and then they could attack the boat and plane loads. If it doesn't happen due to 1 in 7 being caught at the border is from a terror sponsoring country*, it may never.
2007-11-10 18:14:01 · answer #5 · answered by R J 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The war on drugs slogan is a scheme to make money. I am not sure what the solution is, but I don't think users should be sent to prison, unless they commit another crime to support their habit. The DEA needs more money and resources to put a dent on the amount of drugs coming into the country.....So, I guess the government has some blame.
2007-11-10 18:06:49 · answer #6 · answered by randall7665 2 · 1⤊ 2⤋
No. Look at Afghanistan...poppies are flourishing like never before. And poppy fields can't be harder to locate than Bin Laden...surely they are visible on Google Earth.
As long as people can make serious money from drugs...well the war on drugs will always be a losing proposition.
2007-11-10 18:14:46 · answer #7 · answered by KERMIT M 6 · 5⤊ 0⤋
Donald Scott
Age 62 at the time of his death at his home in Malibu, CA. on October 2, 1992.
Scott and his wife, Frances Plante, were awakened by a pounding at the door. As Plante attempted to open the door, a narcotics task force from the LA County Sheriff's Dept. burst into the home, weapons in hand. Plante was pushed forcefully from the door at gun point. She cried out, "Don't shoot me, don't kill me!" With a gun aimed at her head, she looked to her right and saw Donald charging into the room, waving a revolver above his head. She heard a deputy shout, "Put the gun down! Put the gun down! Put the gun down!" As Scott was doing so, she heard three gun shots ring out, apparently from two sources.
Her husband was killed instantly.
Scott was a millionaire, heir to the Scott Paper fortune. Scott owned 250 acres of breathtakingly beautiful land that was adjacent to federal park lands. Attempts had been made by the feds to buy the property, but Scott was not interested in selling. Claims that there might be pot growing on the land, made by agents who did aerial surveillance, were used to get a search warrant. An official inquiry suggested that agents were hoping this raid would lead to asset forfeiture of the property Scott would not sell. No marijuana was found. Scott did not even smoke it.
2007-11-10 18:28:54 · answer #8 · answered by TroubleMaker 5 · 4⤊ 0⤋
No, it can not be won. This war on drugs is making lots of money for the government and increases their power over us. If marijuana were legal, many people would instantly lose money and power.
2007-11-10 18:49:45 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
we might be able to win the war on drugs if we could stop the stuff from coming into the country but i dont have much faith it that,but the real question is does anyone really want to win that war?do you know how much money would be lost if they could end drug use and trafficking?too many lawyers, police ,judges and prisons etc depend on "the war on drugs"
2007-11-10 18:20:57 · answer #10 · answered by cantonbound 3 · 1⤊ 2⤋
as the great bill hicks said, "To say that we're losing the war on drugs implies that there's a war going on, and people on drugs are winning- a lot of creative, resourceful people on that side..."
2007-11-10 18:04:42 · answer #11 · answered by whales*R*gay 3 · 4⤊ 0⤋