Why do the governments (U.S and Mexico) believe that this war can be won with violence? Is it even a war?
Iask these questions because if it is a war, then I think the government’s are arresting or killing the wrong people. The mexican cartels don’t produce or manufacture cocaine or heroin, they transport these narcotics to a market that demands it. Regardless of how many (narcos) they arrest or outright kill there will always be another to take his or her place. If instead the sources could be destroyed, that still wouldn’t solve the problem of demand. Central and South America are not the only sources in the world; it’s fair to say that so long as there remains a demand, then there will remain a producer, a transporter, a distributor, and a merchant on the street.
If politicians were serious about curking the violence they would legalize what people will do to themselves anyway. The question we need to be asking ourselves is why they haven’t already done so. Already people are permitted to destroy themselves with tabacco, food alcohol, gambling, or any other vice they can come up with. laws don’t prevent people from doing anything. They never have and they never will; it just makes them more cautious—more rebelious.
What I see is that a “War on Grugs” is politicaly correct. It will never be effective because in truth, the governments don’t intend to stop the drugs. War is good business. It promotes fear and public reliance on Big Brother.
It sounds like prohibition all over again. The government invents criminals, sends them to prison, and there they become dependents of the state. Instead of textbooks and computers for our children, we're paying good money to keep people in cages.
ReplyDeleteI say, if someone doesn't want to cooperate with society—then execute him, deport him, or otherwise find a way to dispose of him. But don't make him or her a burden for the rest of us.
The reason they don't legalize drugs is because the pharmaceutical industry would lose billions. Because once street drugs become legal then there would be no need to seek out prescriptions and visit a pharmacist. Corporate America is America
ReplyDeleteI don't know. You talk about results and secondary effects, but if I understand you right, your solution is to do nothing. Who does that help?
ReplyDeleteThe drug epidemic is destroying lives and something has to be done. Laws are put in place to protect the public, and I don't see how legalizing narcotics would help anything.
What I see is that the laws don't do anything more than fill our prisons. And what good does that do?
ReplyDeleteIt drives me crazy to think that my son's classroom uses textbooks more than ten years old. This when prisoners have health care, cable television, gyms to exercise, and they contribute nothing to the rest of us.
We need new solutions. Even if they happen to be radical, we should listen. The status quo has failed us.