tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5195137745759962560.post4111774098302764945..comments2024-03-28T03:27:08.767-06:00Comments on Borderland Beat: Why It's Obvious We Are Losing The War On DrugsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5195137745759962560.post-74448692223694929972011-04-03T00:17:30.056-06:002011-04-03T00:17:30.056-06:0041+ years of Nixon-inspired "Drug War" &...41+ years of Nixon-inspired "Drug War" & over a trillion tax payer dollars spent? And my kids tell me that it's easier to get dope than it is a 6-pack? Thank God I taught my kids that dope was bad, because Prohibition certainly isn't keeping dope out of their reach. Am I the only taxpayer that thinks Prohibition is a stupid waste of OUR money & LE resources? Why don't we just chase people who do bad things to other people? It really is that simple. And no, I haven't forgotten about the burden on society created by the dopers...easy to deal with if we spent billions on rehabilitation/education, rather than on LE chasing & jailing such a huge number of people...all because they choose to get high. Isn't choice the foundation of FREEDOM? I don't care what other people do, as long as they leave me & my family alone, & they stay off my lawn. All I know is, after 41+ years & all that money spent, the situation appears worse, not better. When will somebody [anybody] try something different? ANYTHING. But we already know the status quo, although bleeding stupidity, will not change. At least not in my lifetime. Anyone who thinks Prohibition is the answer, wasn't paying attention in history class. It isn't a complicated problem...the answer has been in our grasp for over 70 years.AmigoAnónimonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5195137745759962560.post-86661512280106291852011-04-02T21:34:37.280-06:002011-04-02T21:34:37.280-06:00@April 2, 2011 5:01 PM
You are talking out of yo...@April 2, 2011 5:01 PM <br /><br />You are talking out of your ass.<br /><br />The Netherlands has much lower drug addiction rates, even with Amsterdam bringing in tons of drugs and drug tourists every year.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5195137745759962560.post-19293976520875517592011-04-02T20:25:05.178-06:002011-04-02T20:25:05.178-06:00@April 2, 2011 5:01 PM
Its obvious you don't...@April 2, 2011 5:01 PM <br /><br />Its obvious you don't know what you are talking about, just look at prohibition. Wow no easy way to solve the problem. Someone obviously forgot to take history lessons.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5195137745759962560.post-79789820242641656282011-04-02T17:01:41.431-06:002011-04-02T17:01:41.431-06:00A lot of ignorant, uninformed comments as always. ...A lot of ignorant, uninformed comments as always. So lets break it down a little<br /><br />1. Legalization is not an answer and will do little to curb the problem. Take a look at Amsterdam and it's horrendous addiction rates.<br /><br />2. The comment about 35% taxes mostly going to social services is crap too. The vast majority of our taxes goes to support the government machine (buildings, staff wages, computers etc) and the military.<br /><br />3. Since the overwhelming drug problem in this country is abuse of prescription meds (cocaine, weed, meth are a fraction of the total consumed), we can stop all the cartel action and we would still have a drug problem.<br /><br />4. Taxing drugs - this is, in effect, what Mexico did for decades. Turned a blind eye to the problem while charging fees for the "plaza". Police, military, politicians all got their cut - a created a monster.<br /><br />All-in-all, there is NO simple solution to this problem. If there were, the cartels would already be out of business. Complex issues, complex problems all take a lot of work to resolve. There is no easy fix. So stop throwing out one line "solutions" that won't do anything.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5195137745759962560.post-7963453133525608052011-04-02T16:29:07.053-06:002011-04-02T16:29:07.053-06:00Come on no country will ever win the war on drugs....Come on no country will ever win the war on drugs. If there is consumers or demand it will be producers or drug dealers.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5195137745759962560.post-30962017848439635252011-04-02T12:21:34.610-06:002011-04-02T12:21:34.610-06:00Wish we could make all the drugs have something in...Wish we could make all the drugs have something in it that makes user sterile and impotent...and turn skin blue!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5195137745759962560.post-66447800192813875662011-04-02T09:51:22.631-06:002011-04-02T09:51:22.631-06:00The sad fact remains that even if you arbitrarily ...The sad fact remains that even if you arbitrarily doubled all of the drug- and drug war-related deaths in Mexico, the United States and Latin America proper, it would not even fill a thimble compared to the number of deaths and the massive tidal wave of medical complications and expenses related to alcohol and tobacco.<br /><br />Most people turn a blind eye to this fact. <br /><br />I'm a fiscal conservative and a voting Republican, but I'm not surprised to see people whining about their 35% income taxes going to pay drug addicts. Such people are idiots because a.) nobody in the US pays 35% income taxes. If you do, you're stupid and too cheap to pay and listen to a decent tax attorney, and b.) you've never been outside the United States, because if you had been, you'd realize that the Brits, Dutch, Germans and Swedes will take you to school about what punitive income taxes are all about.<br /><br />But it's true. The legalization of drugs is here to stay. It will never be treated as a health issue by Americans because quite frankly our health care system is on its knees because of decades of complacency regarding obesity, alcohol and tobacco. Hard drugs are definitely a worrisome problem, but come on.<br /><br />Nobody should be worried about China taking over the world in the next 15 years. The reason why is because of a healthcare tsunami coming that their own government will never admit re: tobacco. It's shocking.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5195137745759962560.post-29813815720783083782011-04-02T06:51:02.964-06:002011-04-02T06:51:02.964-06:00There are already a "whole mess" of peop...There are already a "whole mess" of people driving high on meth, coke, and plenty of other drugs that alter their reaction times.<br /><br />I dont know one person who does not do drugs that would start using them if they were legal.<br /><br />The whole legal v illegal argument is polarized between political ideologies,<br />But there are no leaders in the western world of any political denomination that will change the laws, they are here to stay.<br /><br />The biggest oversight between the arguing mass of people is the fact that your average crack head, meth addict, whatever you label them is a very weak person, someone who has in almost every occasion had a terrible life or event happen to them, they are not strong and able to bounce back or "get on with it" and be tough.<br /><br />These people are weak and often do desperate things to get attention or money for drugs.<br />The thing they really need is help.<br /><br />And as the strong ones or reaction is to send them to jail.<br /><br />Nice!!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5195137745759962560.post-84776142020165692412011-04-02T03:00:26.633-06:002011-04-02T03:00:26.633-06:00Ending the war on drugs is about as easy as elimin...Ending the war on drugs is about as easy as eliminating alcoholism in the U.S, it will never happen. Legalize drugs, well you will have a whole mess of people driving high on meth,coke and marijuana. There is no real solution to this. Raise your kids right and we may be able to prevent this problem for future generationsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5195137745759962560.post-31604608369730990292011-04-01T22:04:59.041-06:002011-04-01T22:04:59.041-06:00"Idiocracy" anyone?
Imjustagirl"Idiocracy" anyone?<br />ImjustagirlAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5195137745759962560.post-1767621888894754322011-04-01T22:03:33.653-06:002011-04-01T22:03:33.653-06:00I wonder if cocaine and heroin were to be legalize...I wonder if cocaine and heroin were to be legalized, would it be possible to grow them here in the U.S. using temperature controlled labs by independent cultivators and thereby, circumvent the need to import it from Mexico? American ingenuity when given the opportunity to exercise its right to progress, could yield great quality results.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5195137745759962560.post-17331642787615641262011-04-01T21:34:41.267-06:002011-04-01T21:34:41.267-06:00If the USA was NOT a cradle to grave WELFARE state...If the USA was NOT a cradle to grave WELFARE state NOBODY,NOBODY would care at all if people used any GD drug they choose, take rat poison,smoke cow shit. BUT as long as I am forced to pay 35% of my hard earned $ in taxes MOST of which goes for SOCIAL SERVICES I will hate the low class DRUGGIES in the USA ,I had rather have my tax money go for jails than see these people at the store buying steaks with their welfare credit cards,have these people clog hospitals,for free care etc.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5195137745759962560.post-84301175068889614212011-04-01T21:23:48.184-06:002011-04-01T21:23:48.184-06:00Good God, don't the liberal druggies ever get ...Good God, don't the liberal druggies ever get tired of arguing futilely for legalization? It isn't going to happen. Get over it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5195137745759962560.post-25815196254323503302011-04-01T21:01:34.913-06:002011-04-01T21:01:34.913-06:00make addicts and anyone involved in the producing ...make addicts and anyone involved in the producing and distribution a crime punishable by execution. <br />cancer is removed from the body, remove this cancer from our society. Put and end to them once and for all.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5195137745759962560.post-28715873015330602342011-04-01T20:57:34.986-06:002011-04-01T20:57:34.986-06:00Pro legalization fails to mention the enormous bur...Pro legalization fails to mention the enormous burden on government for government paid rehabs, children being left behind by parents unable to cope, violent crime in and around our cities to obtain the money for drugs since most of the addicts don't have a pot to piss in anyway, continued failed prioritizing of finances leading to more forclosures and the list goes on and on.....and someone still has to produce, manufacture, traffic the shit....The cartels will still be violent over territory and rights....maybe even worse as the government throws their hand into the profits.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5195137745759962560.post-76660373049092123832011-04-01T19:25:24.902-06:002011-04-01T19:25:24.902-06:00makes sense/makes sense/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5195137745759962560.post-83821778768638981002011-04-01T19:21:12.948-06:002011-04-01T19:21:12.948-06:00People are going to do drugs no matter what...even...People are going to do drugs no matter what...even if they are 'all gone' they will huff paint or anything they can get their hands on! They should have a right to also. As adults we should be able to make our own decisions. Legalize the shit...tax it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com