Failure of Prohibitional Proportions
America's war on drugs has been a catastrophic failure
from day one. In the pursuit of eliminating drug use in America, the
United States government has only managed to waste an estimated $500 billion in
taxpayer dollars, incarcerate hundreds-of-thousands of American citizens for
drug crimes (many of them for victimless offenses) and entwine the U.S. in the
internal affairs of foreign countries. The suffering that drug misuse has
brought about is deplorable; however, drug prohibition causes more harm than
drugs themselves. The so-called "War on Drugs" is in reality a war
against the American people, our Constitution and the Bill of Rights. It is a
grave threat to individual liberty, to domestic order and to peace in the world.
While Libertarians there are very real negatives to drug use, individuals
should have the right to use drugs, whether for medical or recreational
purposes, without fear of legal reprisals.
However, individuals must be held legally responsible for the
consequences of their actions if they violate others’ rights. The
government should not pursue individuals for crimes that involve no victim, for
actions that violate no rights.
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... again, I understand there's a huge problem. however, as we have often done in this country ... we need only look to the past ... when Alchohol was illegal ... what happened? Capone ring any bells? blood in the streets? do people really think that couldn't happen again? or for all i know ... it prob does happen in large cities .
if the Drug War was working ... why would there be so many people in jail? why would there be such a huge Diversion problem? i don't know myself.
i do wonder if maybe part of the increase of diversion can be directly attributed to the Fact that doctors are being forced to prescribe less and less medication to those who really need more medication than they are receiving ... so they are forced to look for means to cope on the streets. and thereby creating even more of a demand ... ?? it seems logical to me. i mean even people who would Not normally commit a " crime " are most likely being forced to do just that ...
i dunno ... i myself believe that any person for any reason who wants pain medication ought to have the right to have it prescribed to them. maybe if addicted people could go to their doctor and say ... "hey, i am addicted to such and such ... but i'm afraid one day i'll get a dirty drug and die ... so, please would you prescribe a narcotic to me"? ... then - a doctor would have this person under their care and could send the person to psychological counseling as part of the patient doctor contract to receive the drugs ... the counselor could begin to help the person with the speration anxiety and then together the doc and the therapist could begin a dose reduction program for those w/out a justified physical cause of pain - at the least - or ideally allow whomever to stay on the medication as long as the person can show that they are living functional lives. i wonder why this seems to be too much to ask. seems simple enough to me. i suppose in part it could be that a lot of docs may just be plain lazy. and this may sound too much like work .
i just do not believe that people will ever stop suffering rather it be physical or mental suffering and therefore there will always be the desire to stop the suffering. it seems to me that until the powers that be come to terms with this fact ... crimes will still be availble to commit, people will continue to suffer and the voice of the peoples majority will go unheard.
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