Had a college history professor years ago (he was actually a conservative and a really neat guy) that would espouse about his theory towards handling the drug situation in this country. That was to adulterate, aka POISON, all the confiscated drugs and then put them back on the street. After many dopeheads died a horrendous and gruesome death (like Cyanide in Crack), people would stop to think about the possibility of a quick and certain death by usage of drugs (as opposed to a certain albeit longer death by dealing and usage). I cant think of a better and cheaper way to fight " the war on drugs" . Hell look at it as simple economic responsibility that could be used as a tool to help balance the all important budget! Rather than have all the rediculous anti-drug campaigns or especially the cost of enforcement, rehab, encarceration, crime costs to society, we simply would have to poison a few truckloads of dope and the problem would rid itself.
" Fight fire with fire" aint that what they always say?
RA
While drugs are a huge problem and one that we have not yet found an effective way of dealing with, poisoning people is NOT the way to deal with it. I' m sure almost every one of us knows someone who has or has had a drug problem---probably even some of the members here themselves. A heck of alot of those people clean themselves up and go on to live very happy, productive lives. Not to mention all the young people who will go through brief periods of experimentation. We absolutely need to get tougher. But first we' ll have to cut some of the funding to assinine public assistance programs, etc so we can have the funding necessary to do it. Early, ongoing drug education in schools, more prisons, longer prison sentences for manufacturers and dealers (life in alot of cases), effective treatment centers, and closing our borders would be a few places to start.
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Sure kill people for catching a buzz..... sounds like a good idea, give me a freaking break, the vast majority of drug users are produtive citizens, just like the vast majority of alchol drinkers.
Whats next? oh you were caught j walking, now we have to break your legs.
Some strip club owner in Oregon was talking about running for governor a few years ago. One of his ideas was to legalize all drugs. The people who do them would do so much that they would kill themselves and the drug problem would go away.
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RE: Adulterate all confiscated drugs???
RedAllison there is a problem with your thought, drugs allready kill people. Take a look at aids, overdose, and what about these new drugs that send people into violent convulsions, then they die. People will do stupid things no matter what the cost(in this case life)
Hntngirl also brings up a good point what about the kids that experiment, are they suppose to die? What about the folks that stop doing drugs and go on with there lives and actually do some good?
Drug addiction is a disease Red, just like alchoholism, cancer
BS!
Calling alcoholism or drug addiction a disease and comparing it to cancer is doing nothing but enabling addicts to continue their downward spiral. Addiction is not a disease- its a lack of spine and character. A person can quit alcohol, drugs, cigarettes, sugary foods or whatever else is deemed addictive if they truely want to. Calling it what it is- a lack of character and not coddling these people will go alot further than telling the person " oh poor boy, you have a disease which we will treat by giving you a substitute drug to get you off the nasty one you' ve been taking, we understand your pain"
Experimentation with drugs- if drug caused sudden death do to poisoning on a regular basis, having them experiment with them is the last thing I' d worry about. There are plenty of other risky activities that teens do that could get them killed. Once again if they want to experiment with drugs that might be poisonous, let them do it- its like diving off a cliff into waters of unknown depths- it could be a great thrill, or it could kill you if the water at the bottom is shallow. Its darwinism in action.
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Hip drug " addiction" is NOT anything like cancer other than perhaps that they share the symptoms of bodily damage that can lead to fatality. The act of first taking drugs is no different than homosexuality, its a choice. Gays know AIDS can kill them yet they continue and might or might not live to tell about it. If the same situation faced first time drug users it just might change their mind about the value of that " high" .
There are MANY things in life that can give one a high. Killing that monster buck, driving a race car/boat/motorcycle, skydiving, awesome sex... the list is endless. The cost of drugs and " addiction" on our society is just rediculous and preventable when you first understand that it is a choice, not a random act of nature that causes such rediculous behavior in the first place.
Let em explain that need for a " high" to the man standing at the Pearly Gates, is my motto!
RA
Adulterate all confiscated drugs???
