> RoMunn wrote: > I am with you on the general idea. I view drug use as a medical health issue > rather than a criminal issue. I also look at it as a states' rights issue. > Let each state decide how to treat drugs. Personally, though, I don't see > simple legalization of all drugs as the answer. Even in super-liberal SF I > don't think you would get people in line to vote for legalizing meth. and > PCP. >
Interesting ... I totally agree. And I would be open to any solution but I think the first step is preventing drugs from creating other social problems such as prostitution, theft, and murder. The way to do that seems to be to provide those that would commit the crime for drugs another way to obtain and use the drugs. (Hell, for the money we spend in Columbia every (#2 source of US foreign aid), we could create huge clinics for people to safely use drugs.) Now that you've effectively limited demand, you've removed the profit incentive for most dealers and hopefully drastically slowed the flow of money to drug lords. Policy can be adjusted from there on, but the first step is to control supply and thus power. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:209878 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
