RE: America's War on Drugs
September 6, 2012 at 11:01 pm
(This post was last modified: September 6, 2012 at 11:03 pm by Oldandeasilyconfused.)
Quote:Don’t be thick – your cultural bias is influencing what you say.
Indeed, and usually wrong (like Mehmet with his misinformation and cultural prejudices on many things)
Quote:The government exists there to protect the people from harm.
What a quaint notion. There is a limit to which any government can or should go to protect people from their self destructive behavior.
The issue of drugs should be about health, not law or politics . The issue has been treated as a legal and poliltical one for over 60 years.Look how well THAT has worked out..
Oh,if taken in consistent, chemically pure doses,in sterile conditions, heroin is NOT a dangerous drug.
As for the really nasty drugs,such as crack cocaine, criminalisation HAS NOT WORKED. Time to legalise ,focus on harm minimalisation and save the community many millions of dollars and many lives.
I have no interest in the smug moralising of the bourgeoisie or religious wowsers of any kind. I am interested in what works,in the best interest of the greatest number.The current system does not deliver that simple goal.
