I Am Fed Up With The War On Drugs

Drugs, as Mr Mackey from South Park has told us, are Bad (and not in a Michael Jackson way), therefore The War against Drugs is to be encouraged. Being seen to do something is important; it’s a matter of public perception.  It acts...

In one of my favourite books – ‘A Scanner Darkly’ – the main dude is bemoaning his lost lifestyle; he’s rehab-ing from the good drug.  Sigh.  Drag.  He’s listing what he’ll miss. Donna.It’s not a rock star name...

The war on drugs....
Is a war against the people.
We have a right to "the pursuit of happiness".
I resent a room full of cigar smoking rich men sitting around drinking whiskey deciding what kind of cigs I...

Ok, so I don't do any drugs mainly because they don't agree with me and I don't enjoy them, not because of any moral reasons.
Having said that I think the "war on drugs" has caused more damage to our society and our world...

Where does it say in the U.S. Constitution that the government should use consumable substances as a mechanism of social control?  It doesn't.  Yet that is what the War on Drugs has become.  The government is telling us what we can...

I am fed up with the War on Drugs.
But I am also fed up with the attitude of many who still think ( yes, even in 2011 ) that the root of the problem, the source of all evil can  be attributed to only one country, one nation, one group...

...we would have so many fewer problems. Gang activity would go down. People wouldn't be stuck in jail for personal habits which the government finds objectionable. There'd be so much less violent crime involving drugs because it wouldn...

Have you heard of supply and demand? I hope you have. Anyway, the goal of the war on drugs is to cut off supply, but that actually increases demand and drives price up, which in turn causes more crime because they think it's worth it...

I've struggled with alcohol addiction and I can say for a fact that the War on Drugs has done NOTHING to curb addiction.  So what has it done?  Let's explore some of the results.

First, it's estimated that close to HALF of...

As drug companies push their wares on television, cable tv and print media with NO restraints, there is a law enforcement/incarceration industry that is profiting from the war on drugs now entering its third decade.  There is no...

The "War" on drugs is a pathetic, juvenile tactic to create a steady source of revenue for the United States Gov't by allowing them to violate state law, civil rights and generally maintain some semblance of order so it's partners in...

Legalize pot and for nothing you'll save the legal fees and incarceration expenses preventing waste AND increase revenues by  sales and sin taxes . I'd bet the deficit could be paid off!

Part of my job at the hospital has been to work the Emergency Room. I have seen the drive by shooting victims,the stabbings over drugs. The junkies O.D and come in begging to be let go as soon as we revive them because they know they...

I couldn't function very well in school, but I had my morals. I thought alcohol is bad, and drugs are bad.

I saw how ADD medication seemed to help other kids though. I wanted studying to be easier for me too, because I felt like I...

This topic ALWAYS burns my butt!! There are MANY drugs that are far less addictive than cigarettes and are far less harmful to one's health. BUT making cigarettes ILLEGAL, would mean the government would LOSE way too much CASH and would...

i personally dont do drugs anymore, but i think most drugs should be legal. they should just come with the same warning and side effect labels that other legal drugs come with. but i also firmly believe that all drugs, even...

I don't understand why people hang out on the street corner and sell drugs all day long. It's bad 4 the community and 4 yourself, everybody that sells drugs needs 2 grow up and get a job and stop making the streets so dangerous 4 us 2...

Last Halloween, in Casa Grande, Arizona, there was a "lock down" of a local high school for a drug sweep conducted by Corrections Corporation of America (CCA),
the largest private prison company in America.

CCA is just one of many...

There are secrets sprouting from the seemingly dead ground below.
Fungal friends spreading the mycelial fingers throughout the undergrowth...
There are mischievous fungi holding neurotransmitters within them awaiting those who know...

I believe that a prime motivation of those waging the current "war on drugs" is to discredit and destroy any "counterculture" before it becomes the dominant culture. Religious fundamentalists have not forgotten the religious upheavals...