It's time to call off war on drugs, former narcotics agent says

[PoliticAverse]

"RUSS JONES has spent nearly half of his 64 years dealing with drugs."
...
"Name a controlled substance, and he can tell you how it is made, where it is marketed and what it costs on the street. He can tell you something else: America's war on drugs is an unmitigated failure that should be terminated."

http://www.insidebayarea.com/news/ci_16230281

[Romulox]

1. Funny how the war AGAINST drugs is the one based on unreality...

That Marijuana (which is what we're really talking about) can be called a "narcotic" with a straight face is part of the bizarre, emperor-has-no-clothes aspect of this whole thing.

[Sal Minella]

2. Using a natural remedy of proven value will get you a prison term

whereas using some of the "cures" pushed on us by Big Pharma will get you dead.

Funny how that works, innit.

[Ratty]

3. "They" could care less if it's a failure. It's all about power

The police and prosecutors don't want to relinquish such a powerful tool to use against us. Much harder to obtain search warrants. Probable cause takes a huge hit. Budgets are slashed and NOBODY wants that. Municipalities lose out on the sale of impounded property. Fewer ways to put a person behind bars. Any sane person can see what a colossal waste of money the war on drugs continues to be but it's not about actually getting people to stop using drugs.

[Name removed]

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[Hannah Bell]

5. next phase: soma for all.

[Heidi]

6. It's not really a war on drugs. It's a war on people. (nt)

[B Calm]

7. This so called war has cost us tax payers way too much. I can't

imagine all the good things we could have done with that money!