filmmaker58
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One subject that has not come up much is the war on drugs.
Some events that have brought new turmoil to this subject is what is happening at some of our bordertowns. Congress has approved sending Mexico a billion dollars for improved security against drug cartels at the border, but anyone who lives there knows that the corruption of Mexican officials is part of the problem. Congrats congress you just wasted another billion.
It has gotten so bad in some border cities, that drug cartel thugs are free to come across the border and kidnap and/or kill members of US law enforcement (amoung others), and flee back across the border with no consequenses. Corruption on both sides of the border is rampant, and many innocent lives are being ruined by drug funded criminals on both sides of the border.
To solve this problem, we could add additional billions to the fray, and send the National Guard (If we could get enough of them back from Iraq) to these towns to restore order, which would probably take decades, and lead to confrontations with Mexico...
Or we could legalize drugs.
Supply would instantly outstrip demand. The price would plummet, most Marijuana users would start growing their own (It is a weed after all), and other drugs would be regulated so that an adult in a store who will check ID's will be selling it rather than the thug on the streetcorner, thus better keeping it out of the hands of our youth. The drug cartel mobsters would lose interest because there would only be a fraction of the money in the industry that there once was.
The billions we spend (waste) on law enforcement for drugs can be used to combat crimes with victims, and educational programs for our nation's youth.
Drug use may go up slightly, but the difference is that it will be people voluntarily affecting their own lives, rather than the innocents whose lives are ruined by drug related crime.
To me this is simply common sense. All the historical data to prove this theory is right there if you study prohibition. It shouldn't take a rocket scientist to realize the war on drugs is a lost cause when we can't keep drugs out of our prisons.
Some events that have brought new turmoil to this subject is what is happening at some of our bordertowns. Congress has approved sending Mexico a billion dollars for improved security against drug cartels at the border, but anyone who lives there knows that the corruption of Mexican officials is part of the problem. Congrats congress you just wasted another billion.
It has gotten so bad in some border cities, that drug cartel thugs are free to come across the border and kidnap and/or kill members of US law enforcement (amoung others), and flee back across the border with no consequenses. Corruption on both sides of the border is rampant, and many innocent lives are being ruined by drug funded criminals on both sides of the border.
To solve this problem, we could add additional billions to the fray, and send the National Guard (If we could get enough of them back from Iraq) to these towns to restore order, which would probably take decades, and lead to confrontations with Mexico...
Or we could legalize drugs.
Supply would instantly outstrip demand. The price would plummet, most Marijuana users would start growing their own (It is a weed after all), and other drugs would be regulated so that an adult in a store who will check ID's will be selling it rather than the thug on the streetcorner, thus better keeping it out of the hands of our youth. The drug cartel mobsters would lose interest because there would only be a fraction of the money in the industry that there once was.
The billions we spend (waste) on law enforcement for drugs can be used to combat crimes with victims, and educational programs for our nation's youth.
Drug use may go up slightly, but the difference is that it will be people voluntarily affecting their own lives, rather than the innocents whose lives are ruined by drug related crime.
To me this is simply common sense. All the historical data to prove this theory is right there if you study prohibition. It shouldn't take a rocket scientist to realize the war on drugs is a lost cause when we can't keep drugs out of our prisons.