6 Sep
2011
6 Sep
'11
12:21 a.m.
On 09/05/2011 08:07 PM, Alexander Schreiber wrote:
So there's a clue, Dave. Unless you think the "War on Drugs" has had any
net social benefit. Which would be a rather bizarre and difficult
position to defend.
Well, so far the "War on (some) Drugs" has only achieved two things:
- put a lot of people in jail that otherwise wouldn't be there
- make producing and selling drugs an insanely profitable business
(for the top dogs in the business, of course)
Aside from that there is plenty of collateral damage both to a lot of
individuals and to society as a whole.
Yes. It's really quite silly, and the politicians seem to be doing
it so they can point to it and say they're "doing something", usually to
the soccer moms, especially around reelection time.
-Dave
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Dave McGuire
Port Charlotte, FL
Something
has to bootstrap the process, and people need to take
responsibility for their actions.
A lot of these folks are drug addicts, mostly meth.