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Seriously. Why don't you just wake up and get a grip. The majority of the countries on this planet have similar drug policies to the US. They aren't all corrup

Seriously. Why don't you just wake up and get a grip. The majority of the countries on this planet have similar drug policies to the US. They aren't all corrupt and in many countries the policies are quite effective. So to rant on like a crazy person about corruption and conspiracies just makes you sound unstable. There are many practical areas that the US can focus on like better border controls rather than opening up the can of worms that is legalising all drugs.

api 15y ago
Which countries have policies like the U.S. that are quite effective? I only know of Singapore, where drugs carry a death penalty, and that's far less ethical than any kind of drug trafficking. Also: I find it kind of amazing that there are still people naive enough to call me a paranoid conspiracy nut or "unstable" for suggesting that... gasp... there might be corruption in the world. A paranoid conspiracy nut is someone who thinks that the world's leaders are shape shifting reptiles or that everything is run by a secret cabal linked to some kind of ancient secret society. I'm just suggesting that a large-scale illegal business with profits in the hundreds of billions and cash flow probably near $1 trillion might have an interest in putting a few people on the payroll.
- watty 15y ago
  Of course corruption exists, no one claimed different. The blanket statements are what make you seem like a crazy. Such as "Who do you think the DEA is enforcing for?". Come on, really? Corruption was not the reason drugs became illegal and it's not the reason drugs are still illegal.
thinkdevcode 15y ago
There are quite a few studies that show the correlation between legalizing drugs and domestic crime - Portugal being one of the most cited - and it's been shown that legalizing drugs actually decreases crime. We should be sending drug addicts to rehabilitation centers... Not prison, where drugs are rampant and only further increases the drug addicts dependence on narcotics.
- icebraining 15y ago
  Nitpick: Portugal didn't legalized drugs; "we" just decriminalized the possession of small quantities. It's still a crime to grow, cook, distribute and sell them.
doyoulikeworms 15y ago
And here I thought ending drug prohibition was about putting the worms back into the can.

api 15y ago

Which countries have policies like the U.S. that are quite effective? I only know of Singapore, where drugs carry a death penalty, and that's far less ethical than any kind of drug trafficking. Also: I find it kind of amazing that there are still people naive enough to call me a paranoid conspiracy nut or "unstable" for suggesting that... gasp... there might be corruption in the world. A paranoid conspiracy nut is someone who thinks that the world's leaders are shape shifting reptiles or that everything is run by a secret cabal linked to some kind of ancient secret society. I'm just suggesting that a large-scale illegal business with profits in the hundreds of billions and cash flow probably near $1 trillion might have an interest in putting a few people on the payroll.

watty 15y ago
Of course corruption exists, no one claimed different. The blanket statements are what make you seem like a crazy. Such as "Who do you think the DEA is enforcing for?". Come on, really? Corruption was not the reason drugs became illegal and it's not the reason drugs are still illegal.

thinkdevcode 15y ago

There are quite a few studies that show the correlation between legalizing drugs and domestic crime - Portugal being one of the most cited - and it's been shown that legalizing drugs actually decreases crime. We should be sending drug addicts to rehabilitation centers... Not prison, where drugs are rampant and only further increases the drug addicts dependence on narcotics.

icebraining 15y ago
Nitpick: Portugal didn't legalized drugs; "we" just decriminalized the possession of small quantities. It's still a crime to grow, cook, distribute and sell them.

doyoulikeworms 15y ago

And here I thought ending drug prohibition was about putting the worms back into the can.