Forum: Close to Home
Topic: Viewpoints - Has the War on Drugs reduced crime?
Topic Posted by: Close To HomeDate Posted: Wed Mar 18 15:22:22 1998
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Posted by: James
Date posted: Wed Apr 1 19:35:23 1998
Subject: War on Drugs - Won or Lost?
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The "war" on drugs never had a chance to work. It was all just an act - there are too many "groups" within the USG, States, and local arenas that have made a business out of drug control - prisons, officers, air force jets, etc., - what do you do with all these people's jobs if you make drugs legal as they should have been long ago. The "system" now wants you to forget that it coined the name "war on drugs" - now they suggest it's not proper wording - sure because it has failed even though we've thrown billions at the problem. Drugs are a medical addiction problem just like smoking and drinking - get it into the hands of the proper folk, the treatment people not the jailers! Has anyone asked whether the serious loss of civil rights and property rights was not planned and the "drugs" were just a convient tool? The system will work to protect it's own vested interests - do not forget that - loss of rights, high employment, need to build new jails and staff them, etc - it wants to survive since theres so much money riding on it - believe me I've been in CIA meetings where DEA and others specifically asked about their "jobs" if drugs were legalized!!
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