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Europe also has a "« war on drugs », « war on terror », « war on crime » and so on.". Outside of a few outliers like Portugal drugs are still very illegal in Eu

Europe also has a "« war on drugs », « war on terror », « war on crime » and so on.". Outside of a few outliers like Portugal drugs are still very illegal in Europe, and in some cases Europe is even stricter than America about things like marijuana. Besides, that is not where the money is going.

usednet 4y ago
Completely disagree. If we compare incarceration rates, surveillance programs, sentencing guidelines, etc. it is very clear that European and American policies are incomparable. Almost half of US discretionary spending goes to the military. The impact of incarceration in the US is estimated at 6% of GDP. And the drug situation speaks for itself. https://nicic.gov/economic-burden-incarceration-us-2016 https://nicic.gov/economic-burden-incarceration-us-2016
- seanmcdirmid 4y ago
  Europe is much more aggressive in drug enforcement than the USA. They sort of nip the problem in the bud before it becomes an even larger problem, which is where America fails. You really don't want to mess with the Swiss police. America kind of teeters between doing nothing and coming in very punitively.
  - Foobar8568 4y ago
    The Swiss police? Is it some kind of jokes? They are doing strictly nothing against drug dealing, and the judges are just as bad. https://www.24heures.ch/en-finir-avec-les-toilettes-de-la-honte-place-de-la-riponne-163683657675 https://www.24heures.ch/en-finir-avec-les-toilettes-de-la-ho... https://www.illustre.ch/magazine/crack-a-geneve-le-quai-9-sous-haute-tension-390807 https://www.illustre.ch/magazine/crack-a-geneve-le-quai-9-so... etc not like it's any better in the Swiss German part.
it_citizen 4y ago
This is not the same proportions at all. Compare how much of the GDP of European countries went into invading foreign countries? Our how much is spent to arrest, judge and jail people. The number of people in jail in the USA for drug related crimes is completely insane.
jeffbee 4y ago
Europe has a completely different approach to crime. Superficially many jurisdictions in Europe are way more strict than anywhere in the USA. For example in Switzerland you will go to prison for driving 45MPH.
- twblalock 4y ago
  You can also go to prison in a number of EU countries for possession of marijuana.

usednet 4y ago

Completely disagree. If we compare incarceration rates, surveillance programs, sentencing guidelines, etc. it is very clear that European and American policies are incomparable. Almost half of US discretionary spending goes to the military. The impact of incarceration in the US is estimated at 6% of GDP. And the drug situation speaks for itself. https://nicic.gov/economic-burden-incarceration-us-2016 https://nicic.gov/economic-burden-incarceration-us-2016

seanmcdirmid 4y ago
Europe is much more aggressive in drug enforcement than the USA. They sort of nip the problem in the bud before it becomes an even larger problem, which is where America fails. You really don't want to mess with the Swiss police. America kind of teeters between doing nothing and coming in very punitively.
- Foobar8568 4y ago
  The Swiss police? Is it some kind of jokes? They are doing strictly nothing against drug dealing, and the judges are just as bad. https://www.24heures.ch/en-finir-avec-les-toilettes-de-la-honte-place-de-la-riponne-163683657675 https://www.24heures.ch/en-finir-avec-les-toilettes-de-la-ho... https://www.illustre.ch/magazine/crack-a-geneve-le-quai-9-sous-haute-tension-390807 https://www.illustre.ch/magazine/crack-a-geneve-le-quai-9-so... etc not like it's any better in the Swiss German part.

it_citizen 4y ago

This is not the same proportions at all. Compare how much of the GDP of European countries went into invading foreign countries? Our how much is spent to arrest, judge and jail people. The number of people in jail in the USA for drug related crimes is completely insane.

jeffbee 4y ago

Europe has a completely different approach to crime. Superficially many jurisdictions in Europe are way more strict than anywhere in the USA. For example in Switzerland you will go to prison for driving 45MPH.

twblalock 4y ago
You can also go to prison in a number of EU countries for possession of marijuana.