Reply #8: Symbolic "wars on" always fail.. [View All]

[SoCalDem]

war on poverty?? flop
war on alcohol?? flop
war on drugs?? flop..

Human nature is stronger than any "faux war". there will always be people who want heroin/cocaine/whatever no matter what the consequence, and there will always be people who will sell it to the ones who want it.. It's capitalism at its purest.

Instead of wasting tons of money destroying rainforest with defoliants and terrorizing local people, the best approach would be to set up clinics in every community that needed one, and offer treatment.

I am no expert, but my guess is that most hardcore addicts started out doing it as a lark, and ended up addicted. If they COULD get clean, they would.. But if you are on the margins of society and have no money and no health insurance...AND you are stealing to support your habit, it's very unlikely that you will seek treatment.

We need to use that money on education and treatment...not on making "war" on intangibles..