I just wanted to point out that by using logic of the the statement below, drinking too much and smoking tobacco should be federal crimes. We say the are wrong, yet they are not illegal.
Angram - "Without legal backing, all the education in the world won't do much in the modern USA - it's just hypocritical, confusing, and wasteful to tell people doing certain things are wrong, but that it's okay to do them anyway."
Nobody ever argued that driving drunk was okay, yet booze is legal. Driving while stoned, or in anyway unfit to drive is and SHOULD BE illegal.
The second argument you stated actually supports legalization. Crime related to the buying and selling of drugs is a problem that arose because of drug prohibition.
Prohibition chokes off supply, demands hasn't dwindled and thus price skyrockets. This classic supply and demand senario allows for the insane profits on these drugs. The criminals are just following the scent of money.
I am glad to hear how you feel about marijuana at least. You do seem sensible about that.
I am not for full legalization of hard drugs, either. However, I feel that probition doesn't stop people from hurting themselves and it only creates other social problems. We need to find a middle ground for hard drugs and leave responible adults who want to enjoy a joint alone.
* Police corruption
* Loss of civil liberties
* Doctors that are scared to treat chronic pain (ala Rush L.)
* Wasted funds that should be going to towards (General and drug) education and (drug)treatment.
* Prison industries for profit.
* Racial profiling
* Gang violence.
* Impure and therefore more dangerous drugs (just like during prohibition)
The list goes on and on. These issues are not related to imprisonment, son. They are related to the war on drugs in general.
Your argument that prisons are more effective than proper education leaves little hope for our society.
However, drug prohibition is much, much worse.
This about this: For what it costs to imprison a single drug offender, we could be paying a teacher to teach 25-30 kids.
Builds schools, not jails. Help people with addiction problems. Prison is very expensive and it only goes after the symptoms of the problem.
For many people, they think they are protecting their children. Yet, if their child fell from the straight and narrow, would they want them imprisoned and have their lives ruined with a criminal record, or would they want to get them help?
Drug prohibition has terrible social costs. Much more so than the dangerous drugs themselves.
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I just wanted to point out that by using logic of the the statement below, drinking too much and smoking tobacco should be federal crimes. We say the are wrong, yet they are not illegal.
Angram - "Without legal backing, all the education in the world won't do much in the modern USA - it's just hypocritical, confusing, and wasteful to tell people doing certain things are wrong, but that it's okay to do them anyway."
There two problems with your post as well.
Nobody ever argued that driving drunk was okay, yet booze is legal. Driving while stoned, or in anyway unfit to drive is and SHOULD BE illegal.
The second argument you stated actually supports legalization. Crime related to the buying and selling of drugs is a problem that arose because of drug prohibition.
Prohibition chokes off supply, demands hasn't dwindled and thus price skyrockets. This classic supply and demand senario allows for the insane profits on these drugs. The criminals are just following the scent of money.
I am glad to hear how you feel about marijuana at least. You do seem sensible about that.
I am not for full legalization of hard drugs, either. However, I feel that probition doesn't stop people from hurting themselves and it only creates other social problems. We need to find a middle ground for hard drugs and leave responible adults who want to enjoy a joint alone.
The terrible social costs include:
* Police corruption
* Loss of civil liberties
* Doctors that are scared to treat chronic pain (ala Rush L.)
* Wasted funds that should be going to towards (General and drug) education and (drug)treatment.
* Prison industries for profit.
* Racial profiling
* Gang violence.
* Impure and therefore more dangerous drugs (just like during prohibition)
The list goes on and on. These issues are not related to imprisonment, son. They are related to the war on drugs in general.
Your argument that prisons are more effective than proper education leaves little hope for our society.
However, drug prohibition is much, much worse. This about this: For what it costs to imprison a single drug offender, we could be paying a teacher to teach 25-30 kids. Builds schools, not jails. Help people with addiction problems. Prison is very expensive and it only goes after the symptoms of the problem. For many people, they think they are protecting their children. Yet, if their child fell from the straight and narrow, would they want them imprisoned and have their lives ruined with a criminal record, or would they want to get them help? Drug prohibition has terrible social costs. Much more so than the dangerous drugs themselves. http://www.teachersagainstprohibition.org/ http://www.leap.cc http://www.perdl.com