The war On Drugs Had Been Won!
Mar 9, 2017 11:27:04 #
...But we all know that Nixon's 'war on drugs' is an abject and very expensive failure: So how is this possible, you ask?
Well, to be brutally honest, it was pretty easy really...
"In 2001 Portugal shocked the world and voted to decriminalize all drugs in response to a growing heroin problem".
Fast-forward 15 years... "Today Portugal boasts one of the lowest drug-usage rates in all of Europe".
https://www.libertarianinstitute.org/economics/portugal-won-war-drugs-giving/?LC-Referral&mc_cid=49d1941e90&mc_eid=fa393b3e1b
Not only are the Portugese no longer clogging their prison system with the perpetrators of victim-less crime, but the incidence of real crime has fallen dramatically as well. "[T]he proportion of people in jail for crimes committed while under the influence of drugs or to feed a drug habit fell from 41 percent in 1999 to 21 percent in 2008."
But it gets even better! "When the demand falls, drug suppliers find that their once-lucrative enterprise no longer bears fruit. So they exit the market". No drug cartels, no accompanying black markets and associated violent crimes. In essence, the Portugese people are happier and freer now than they ever were during drug prohibition.
Imagine, treating adults like adults and getting a positive result. Well, I never!
Well, to be brutally honest, it was pretty easy really...
"In 2001 Portugal shocked the world and voted to decriminalize all drugs in response to a growing heroin problem".
Fast-forward 15 years... "Today Portugal boasts one of the lowest drug-usage rates in all of Europe".
https://www.libertarianinstitute.org/economics/portugal-won-war-drugs-giving/?LC-Referral&mc_cid=49d1941e90&mc_eid=fa393b3e1b
Not only are the Portugese no longer clogging their prison system with the perpetrators of victim-less crime, but the incidence of real crime has fallen dramatically as well. "[T]he proportion of people in jail for crimes committed while under the influence of drugs or to feed a drug habit fell from 41 percent in 1999 to 21 percent in 2008."
But it gets even better! "When the demand falls, drug suppliers find that their once-lucrative enterprise no longer bears fruit. So they exit the market". No drug cartels, no accompanying black markets and associated violent crimes. In essence, the Portugese people are happier and freer now than they ever were during drug prohibition.
Imagine, treating adults like adults and getting a positive result. Well, I never!
Mar 9, 2017 11:30:36 #
It appears someone in Congress is paying attention...
https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/1227/cosponsors?pageSort=alpha
https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/1227/cosponsors?pageSort=alpha
Mar 9, 2017 15:34:44 #
Larry the Legend wrote:
...But we all know that Nixon's 'war on drugs' is ... (show quote)
reason drugs are not stopped in this country is there are to many politicians and police getting payed off.and i think that is the reason politicians want that southern border wide open.
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