Are you enjoying your country losing the "war on drugs" (as in weed)?

Gay-paul wrote:

BlackBoi666 wrote:No. I wish there was a death penalty for being a drug dealer.

And for paedophiles and banksters
But seriously maybe is better to legalize it or at least some "drugs" the soft one like Marijuana or Hashish, if cigarettes are legal why not wed? At least economy would get money not gangsters.

I agree.

I think my country's loosing the battle against obeasity is a greater negative impact on society than it loosing the war on drugs.

The main obstacle to legalizing recreational marijuana where I live is that the politicians here will do the EXACT same thing they did in 1932 when they legalized alcohol.. We are SICK to death of politicians enriching themselves on backs of the tax payers.

im just saying, if i had weed, id have no issues taking my prescribed medication. (weed treats bipolar, to ertis point)

the war on drugs again is simply another ploy by politicians to maintain power by playing on the peoples fears. thank god some realize that rather than waste money on the faux war, they could boost their coffers instead.

LOL. I remember during high school, my History teacher used to tell us about the collapse/ downfall of mighty Qing Dynasty due to their opium addiction. They're addicted to opium, the Brits were addicted to tea, so the Brits traded opium for tea to the Chinese of Qing Dynasty. Opium war happened.

History might repeat itself though, but it wouldn't happen to modern China though, it could happen somewhere else

Eryx wrote:I don't think it would happen anywhere, it's not like the US would go to war with Mexico for cocaine and marijuana... Plus there are already countries that are super harsh with drug usage and dealers such as Indonesia (death sentence), so if any country was actually willing to wage war on another for drugs it should have already happened.

We kinda are though. This has gotta be one of the biggest waste of money we've ever spent. And we've wasted lots of money that could have been used to actually help people.

To me it seems retarded to wage war against an opponent with an army that will never end.

All we did is increase the price of the drugs. Which only helps the suppliers

and vastly increase prison and probation costs. and vastly increase overpopulation of prisons. and vastly increase lawsuits.. (ad nauseum)

the ones you are looking for for tend to either be tough-on-crime politicians, or those literaly invested in prisons. (private prisons, officer unions,etc.)

oh, and big pharm. happy hunting!