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Originally Posted by Robbie
Damn sure sounds racist.
But I think the real problem is what the govt. has done here. They did the same thing with alcohol prohibition.
And it isn't just in the U.S.
Because of OUR policies and decisions and OUR fixation on trying to boss the rest of the world around...we've created a nightmare down in Mexico too.
And it's all because people are trying to supply US (Americans in the USA) with the products we are demanding.
So the govt. sticks it's nose in, and they create instant billionaire drug cartels. Exactly the same thing they did in the 1920 and 30's with creating the rich mafia gangs with alcohol.
Legalize drugs. Tax 'em. Sell them to adults at the 7-11 just like a beer. And you'll see that shit come to a screeching halt.
The Mexicans won't have drug cartels anymore. They will be obsolete.
There won't be any need for a "wall" across Mexico anymore. Or the billions we're spending on "border security"...which translates into "catching drugs at the border".
And the inner city youth won't have that fast dollar to make selling drugs on the street. It will all be obsolete. They will find other things to romanticize and strive for.
It's hard to tell a black kid in the ghetto that he should go to school and work hard...when he sees other guys selling drugs with lots of money and hot women and cool cars.
Think about it...when you see a news story these days on CNN where the DEA just busted a big marijuana shipment coming in from Mexico...doesn't it sound downright silly now that so many states are legalizing it?
It would be the same with coke and other drugs too.
Then the police could actually go back to arresting people when they commit a "real" crime like stealing, killing, or raping.
All this "drug war" has led to is stealing and killing in such numbers that it's overwhelming. And that in turn has led to even more loss of our rights as cops are setting up "stings", frisking people on the streets, searching our cars, our women's purses, etc.
The whole goddamn thing is spiraling out of control.
And yet after all these decades? Drug use is UP.
It's insanity in my mind.
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It's because the war on drugs is big business.. With out the war on drugs, police depts wouldn't get those big property seizures for cities and states. The defense contractors would be selling all those cool new tools to the cops. For profit prisons wouldn't be able to keep their prisons at 95% min occupancy.
There is just as much money at play on the fight against as there is on the supply side of drugs. States and local govt's don't want to give up that money. Perhaps that's why they are ratcheting up the war on terror with local police forces to replace the lost income when drugs are finally legalized.
With out a drug war it means less cops on the street and no one wants that, so unless there is a reason to keep the cops on the street drugs will stay illegal.