Comments on: We're #1! http://www.chinalyst.net/node/13268 Chinalyst - China blogs in English-Your China Blog Community en Mon, 18 Dec 2006 00:30:30 +0800 Drupal TotalFeeds Module Comments on: We're #1! http://www.chinalyst.net/node/13268 http://www.chinalyst.net/files/chinalyst-red.png 101 32 We're #1! http://www.chinalyst.net/node/13268%2523comment-8571 <div class="bb-quote"><b>Richard wrote:</b><blockquote class="bb-quote-body">The &quot;war on drugs&quot; is one of the most grotesque aberrations in our country's history. </blockquote></div> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Se_TJzB9-z0" class="bb-url">Friedman agrees.</a> Richard wrote:
The "war on drugs" is one of the most grotesque aberrations in our country's history.

Friedman agrees.

]]> Mon, 18 Dec 2006 00:30:30 +0800 Unknown http://www.chinalyst.net/node/13268%2523comment-8571 We're #1! http://www.chinalyst.net/node/13268%2523comment-8570 I don't personally use drugs. However I have many friends that did/did/have used them. I am, and always have been opposed to people 'ruining' their life, be it by abusing substances or by their lack of trying to become a better person. But I am even more against living in a police state and that is what the USA has become in the last 15 years of my 37 on this earth. :oops: I don't personally use drugs. However I have many friends that did/did/have used them. I am, and always have been opposed to people 'ruining' their life, be it by abusing substances or by their lack of trying to become a better person.
But I am even more against living in a police state and that is what the USA has become in the last 15 years of my 37 on this earth.
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]]> Sat, 16 Dec 2006 14:32:44 +0800 Unknown http://www.chinalyst.net/node/13268%2523comment-8570 We're #1! http://www.chinalyst.net/node/13268%2523comment-8569 I don't get why drugs are illegal in the first place... I think we should remember Socrates' Apology, where he states that education is the first step toward encouraging the populace to do good, not legal fiat... I don't get why drugs are illegal in the first place... I think we should remember Socrates' Apology, where he states that education is the first step toward encouraging the populace to do good, not legal fiat...

]]> Thu, 14 Dec 2006 01:00:35 +0800 Unknown http://www.chinalyst.net/node/13268%2523comment-8569 We're #1! http://www.chinalyst.net/node/13268%2523comment-8568 The &quot;war on drugs&quot; is one of the most grotesque aberrations in our country's history. It is so absurd and so obscene and so wrong in every way, you can cry. So why do we continue to destroy innocent people's lives with heartbreakingly stupid mandatory sentences? Becuase of politics. A majority of Americans - and never forget we are a nation founded by pilgrims - believes the laws should be in place, because they see it as confirmation that we're &quot;tough on crime.&quot; Morons, every one of them. The "war on drugs" is one of the most grotesque aberrations in our country's history. It is so absurd and so obscene and so wrong in every way, you can cry. So why do we continue to destroy innocent people's lives with heartbreakingly stupid mandatory sentences? Becuase of politics. A majority of Americans - and never forget we are a nation founded by pilgrims - believes the laws should be in place, because they see it as confirmation that we're "tough on crime." Morons, every one of them.

]]> Thu, 14 Dec 2006 00:13:12 +0800 Unknown http://www.chinalyst.net/node/13268%2523comment-8568 We're #1! http://www.chinalyst.net/node/13268%2523comment-8567 Solution: Legalize and and socialize drugs. A huge majority of crime in the states is related to trying to get drugs, or the money to pay for them. By legalizing them, the price would go down. Even with a lower price, taxes on the drugs could be incredibly high and still be much lower than the current price, so crime would decrease, and the funds raised by the taxes could then be used to fund research as well as programs designed to help people get OFF drugs (rather than criminalize drug users, why not try and help them overcome addictions?). I think it would be a win win situation! I've never used drugs, never will, but I understand the economics behind it and I think legalizing drugs would do a better job at lowering drug use than the current idiotic war on drugs. Solution: Legalize and and socialize drugs. A huge majority of crime in the states is related to trying to get drugs, or the money to pay for them. By legalizing them, the price would go down. Even with a lower price, taxes on the drugs could be incredibly high and still be much lower than the current price, so crime would decrease, and the funds raised by the taxes could then be used to fund research as well as programs designed to help people get OFF drugs (rather than criminalize drug users, why not try and help them overcome addictions?). I think it would be a win win situation! I've never used drugs, never will, but I understand the economics behind it and I think legalizing drugs would do a better job at lowering drug use than the current idiotic war on drugs.

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