jsherry wrote: Bush to Fund Colombia War Effort Snip. It is an ever continuing wonder to me why efforts are made to "fight our never ending war on drugs", by hunting minor couriers or going into another country and reaping havoc, usually mainly against innocent women and children and farmers of other crops.
Would it it not be more to the point, to removing the market? No market, no sale! In a crass generalization, could I suggest that people use drugs when they are not in a situation they find tenable. Would it not be more to the point to give our young the education that is required to equip them for a fruitful and contented life. Would it not be useful to develop a society in which each was reasonably access employment, shelter and creature comforts, in the area they choose to live. A friends' son is a quadriplegic from a drug over dose. I believe his drug use can be traced back to an education unsuited to his likely employment, along with religious, social and family pressures, he was not equipped to handle. I believe that if his education (in every sense of the word) was properly tailored to his needs, he would have been able to handle life and not have his tragic drug career. I write from an Australian perspective, but I thing the issue is common. Gil
