Why Can’t the Federal Govt. Just Admit the War on Drugs Is a Huge Failure and Stop Wasting Tax Dollars?
Question by Welcome to Amerika Mr. 0rwell !!: Why can’t the federal govt. just admit the War on Drugs is a huge failure and stop wasting tax dollars?
Why is so hard for some people to admit that the War on Drugs has been a massive failure (if the goal was to eliminate drugs from society) and that current tactics used by federal and local law enforcement ARE “misguided”, counterproductive, and ultimately not helping in the slightest (again, if the goal is to eliminate drugs from society).
What do you think?? It’s almost like the U.S. Federal Govt. won’t end this War on Drugs because that would require them to admit they were wrong and would also require them to admit that portions of the law enforcement community have basically been wasting huge amounts time and resources for A VERY LONG TIME.
What do you think??
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100513/ap_on_re_us/failed_drug_war;_ylt=Auho57f3.2BkSAdgHGWRXtxv24cA;_ylu=X3oDMTM0M2RydWxqBGFzc2V0A2FwLzIwMTAwNTEzL2ZhaWxlZF9kcnVnX3dhcgRjY29kZQNtb3N0cG9wdWxhcgRjcG9zAzQEcG9zAzQEc2VjA3luX3RvcF9zdG9yaWVzBHNsawM0MHllYXJzbGF0ZXI-#mwpphu-container
Walters insists society would be far worse today if there had been no War on Drugs. Drug abuse peaked nationally in 1979 and, despite fluctuations, remains below those levels, he says. Judging the drug war is complicated: Records indicate marijuana and prescription drug abuse are climbing, while cocaine use is way down. Seizures are up, but so is availability.
“To say that all the things that have been done in the war on drugs haven’t made any difference is ridiculous,” Walters said. “It destroys everything we’ve done. It’s saying all the people involved in law enforcment, treatment and prevention have been wasting their time. It’s saying all these people’s work is misguided.”………………….So why persist with costly programs that don’t work?
Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, sitting down with the AP at the U.S. Embassy in Mexico City, paused for a moment at the question.
“Look,” she says, starting slowly. “This is something that is worth fighting for because drug addiction is about fighting for somebody’s life, a young child’s life, a teenager’s life, their ability to be a successful and productive adult.
“If you think about it in those terms, that they are fighting for lives – and in Mexico they are literally fighting for lives as well from the violence standpoint – you realize the stakes are too high to let go.”
Drugs in Portugal: Did Decriminalization Work? [Hint: Yes]
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100513/ap_on_re_us/failed_drug_war;_ylt=Auho57f3.2BkSAdgHGWRXtxv24cA;_ylu=X3oDMTM0M2RydWxqBGFzc2V0A2FwLzIwMTAwNTEzL2ZhaWxlZF9kcnVnX3dhcgRjY29kZQNtb3N0cG9wdWxhcgRjcG9zAzQEcG9zAzQEc2VjA3luX3RvcF9zdG9yaWVzBHNsawM0MHllYXJzbGF0ZXI-#mwpphu-container
I accidentally posted the first link twice.
Here’s the link to the article on Portugal.
http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1893946,00.html
Best answer:
Answer by O’Ryan
Too much money to be made with the federal buracracies involved in the war on drugs.
Answer by DONALD T
THEN THEY WOULDN’T GET TO SPEND ALL THAT MONEY