Tension between popular will and the political establishment makes this a time of hope and frustration for the drug reform movement.
Last week, President Barack Obama marked the end of the Iraq War at a ceremony at Andrews Air Force Base. The war, launched amid widespread support in the spring of 2003, is now viewed by most Americans as having been a terrible waste of money and lives. 2011 marked a milestone in another war. It’s been 40 years since President Richard Nixon declared America’s War on Drugs. More than a trillion dollars later, this conflict shows no signs of ending. But like the War in Iraq, it’s become increasingly unpopular.
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C'mon man...whats another trillion dollars to win a war we have been fighting for FORTY YEARS? Don't let the criminal records and imprisonment of millions -- thats right, MILLIONS -- of Americans get in the way of your thought processes, either. And the confiscation of hundreds of millions of dollars in property from Americans? Ahhh, just a blip on the screen....The BILLIONS spent on judges, prosecutors, investigators, juries, police, and prisons? It's working like a charm. The bad news? Forty years later (wow, thats a long time to be fighting a war) drugs of every kind are more plentiful, more widely distributed, used by more people, and the best part? CHEAPER THAN EVER. But keep believing. Another TRILLION of our tax dollars, about 70 new prisons, another 500,000 cops, and voila! we got a shot at stamping this evil out for good. Or start thinking for yourself and stop falling for every piece of propganda shoved down your all-too-willing throats.
The United States is the largest consumer of drugs. This is where the market is, and the suppliers know that.
Just like the failed prohibition era and the criminality surrounding it, people will always get what they want no matter what the government says or does.
Repeal some of those stupid laws, tax it and regulate it and remove the profit incentive.
Some people use drugs just because it IS ILLEGAL.
It wasn't that very long ago one could go into a drugstore and legally buy cocaine for personal use.
Some of the problems government has with drug use is they can't control the thoughts and actions like they can with non-users. Thereby reducing their power.
It's not about anyone's safety or health. It has and always will be about power and control.
And not just about drug use. Anything you can think of that threatens their power and wealth, or their ability to acquire either, has a law, rule or regulation attached to it.
You think the government itself isn't profiting from drug sources?
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