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This is a very interesting comment. I had not considered this perspective before and I haven't really heard anyone else use this line of thinking before either
by askafriend 9y ago
This is a very interesting comment. I had not considered this perspective before and I haven't really heard anyone else use this line of thinking before either - so I appreciate what you wrote.
But if you look at a bit of the historical context of the war on drugs, you see that a significant part of it was originally racially motivated. Having a pseudo-war instead of a real war gave the people in control more leverage to selectively target the consequences of banning certain substances like Marijuana or Cocaine.
- danieltillett 9y agoYes the “war on drugs” has been a sideshow of the forever war on the underclass.
- askafriend 9y agoUgh, I wish that weren't the truth.
- Nursie 9y agoIt comes up frequently in such discussions, in my experience. Usually when someone cannot any longer argue that the current war on drugs is anything but a failure, but still feels that drugs need to be driven from society by force. Usually the poster has some pretty abhorrent views about the value of human life and 'druggies'. (Note I am not saying that's the case here, it appears at least on the surface to be a devil's advocate type of argument.) Usually it's a simple call to either poison or execute "them". To which the answer is usually "what the hell gives you the right? These are people we're talking about". The other trope in this direction is someone will suggest drug use centres where people can access all the drugs they want, but they get locked in forever, and can thus take all the drugs they want until they die, hopefully soon. People proposing such things appear to be entirely devoid of either empathy or understanding of drugs and addiction.