Let's face it. The war on drugs is a waste of money and we know that prohibition doesn't work. People will always use mind-altering substances no matter what. Why does the government continue to spend billions and billions on a war that will never be won and that creates more problems such as inner city crime, gang violence, turf wars, etc?
2007-11-20 10:08:59 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Law Enforcement & Police
I'm on your side-- the government has been fighting a war that they're never going to win for decades. It seems to me that if the government really didn't want people to use drugs that they would treat the cause instead of the symptom. However, I believe that in criminalizing drugs the government stands to profit more, through fines and court costs. I also personally believe that a large quantity of the illicit drugs that are consumed are provided by the government. It stands to reason that they would profit greatly from the seizure and resale of their own products.
2007-11-20 10:14:35 · answer #1 · answered by creative_criminal 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
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2016-10-17 13:23:07 · answer #2 · answered by pienkowski 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm a Police Officer and I actually agree with you. However, I don't subscribe to spending money especially tax money on addicts to recover though. I think every single drug on the planet should be legal and available to tax. If crack was legal tomorrow I wouldn't go out and buy it. If parents raise their children to know the dangers of drugs as well as the schools and someone is stupid enough to take drugs then to bad for them. If they ever did make drugs legal though I'd want required drug screening for jobs related to other people's safety though. I also know drug related crime would go down and I would enjoy watching the drug dealer actually have to go out and get a job instead of being a domestic terrorist terrorizing neighborhoods by slinging it.
2007-11-20 10:50:49 · answer #3 · answered by Torro de intel 3 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Heck no.
If someone wants to snort and sniff himself to death, I say have at it.
I don't want to pay for their treatment. I say legalize everything, tax it, open stores to sell it, set up areas where the junkies can shoot themselves off the face of the earth.
End of the "war on drugs", end of most crime, end of drive by shootings and gang warfare...
It would release our law enforcement people to tend to the matters of keeping the citizens safe and enforcing the laws that matter.
Taking drugs is a choice.......if someone wants to do it, too bad about him....what do I care.
2007-11-20 16:34:38 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
You have the right idea but simply making the drugs legal would be a much better solution. The main reason drugs are expensive now is because they are illegal. If drugs were legal they'd be dirt cheap and we wouldn't need to worry about subsidizing a habit that resulted from a violation of the law that was put in place to prevent the said habit from ever taking root in the first place.
2007-11-20 10:12:53 · answer #5 · answered by Nicholas A 2 · 1⤊ 2⤋
I agree, to a point. Stop spending my money on the war against drugs. Don't however spend my money on treatment for addicts.
2007-11-20 10:13:09 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
How about a fence and port security? Once that is up and running, there would be tons of money for treatment programs, but we have to keep the stuff out first.
2007-11-20 10:14:56 · answer #7 · answered by Spots^..^B4myeyes 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, we should take a good look at other countries that are more successful. Unfortunately people in power seem to have something to gain from drugs.
2007-11-20 10:14:12 · answer #8 · answered by Mike 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
yes and mass transit
2007-11-20 10:11:29 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
no
2007-11-20 10:11:46 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋