What are some of the costs of illicit drug use in the United States today? Which costs can be more easily reduced than others? How would you reduce the costs of illegal drug use? What are the implications of drug legalization? Has legalization of drugs, or non enforcement of drug laws, worked in European countries such as Holland and Portugal?
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One major cost of illicit drug use is that our prison populations are filled with about 80 percent drug offenders -- most non-violent. Drug abuse (like any other abuse) should be treated as a medical problem, not a criminal problem. Evidently we learned absolutely NOTHING from Prohibition....
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Illicit drug use got Ron Wilson Reagan elected because he purchased votes with promises of free dope. Then he ran up the budget from less than 1 trillion in debt to well over 2, and as all other President's since then seem to be following his formula of corruption we might as well figure as the deficit is over 13 trillion at least 12 trillion was graft. So, that equates to more than all of us will ever see in our lifetimes. At one point I read a study that said 1 trillion would pay for all "entitlements" programs for ever. Or, we are giving away free food and lodging for the poor, in exchange for dope for the morons. We are giving away free solar power, in exchange for dope for the morons. And we are fighting two wars in exchange for dope for the morons. And we are refusing to develop a new fighting weapon to counter the newest Russian rifle that can shoot through body armor at distance every time ~ and hoping that our "slippery bullets" will "be enough", in exchange for dope for morons. AND we are not building as many 2nd generation stealth fighters as we will need when the Chinese get going on their copy of the new Russian design now in full production, in exchange ~ for dope for MORONS ~ who'd rather be lined up and shot, than sober.
