What Do You Think of My Theory on “the War on Drugs”?

Question by Sean: What do you think of my theory on “The war on drugs”?
I’m rude.

In my opinion the war on drugs is nothing but a war to keep thousands of stuck up prick’s in a job.

If a person wants to smoke crack and ruin their life, why is that a criminal issue? The person needs therapy and help to recover. They do not need 3 weeks in jail, only to hit the streets and go right back to smoking it up, new found criminal record in hand to make it even harder to recover.

Nothing but a revolving door, with the cops riding the federal system just like the welfare trash they feel they are superior to. Arresting THOUSANDS of poor people across America every single day with possession of $ 30 worth of crack. Millions and millions of man hour’s wasted playing catch and release with crackhead’s the lowest hanging fruit. All while the major drug pushers and school shooting loonies go unnoticed!

The system does absolutely nothing to clean the streets, or to make us safer. It is just a system that runs and runs and runs, spitting out cash for nobody except stuck up blue suits who smash the right’s of civilian’s.

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Answer by Liddel
I think you’re partially right, though I do believe it started as an honest effort that has failed. We’ve lost the war on drugs and the war on poverty.

lp

Answer by impaler19120
I think your opinion is uninformed and ignorant and that you are probably someone who has little or no life experience, no contact with reality and certainly does not pay taxes.

Let’s start with the little guy at the bottom, the user. Do you know why he is addicted to crack? Neither do I, but there are dozens of psycho-social factors that lead to addiction. If he did not have crack, he would be an alcoholic, if he didn’t have alcohol he would huff paint or glue. I would love to have him “cured” it would be once less addict that I have to deal with. But, jail is usually the only way to detox and introduce most people like or example to therapy. They don’t check in voluntarily. And, if committed, do not continue unless in a lock down facility. And, it costs a fortune to provide therapy. Therapists have extensive educations and command high salaries. Decent therapeutic facilities are expensive to maintain.

Now, if we don’t at least try to control the street level addict, he will continue to be a drain on society. He does not work, so we must support him. He does not have health insurance, so we must pay for his care when he has to be hospitalized (as addicts often do). With no job and a strong addiction, he will steal to get money to buy his drugs.

All of this impacts me, as a tax payer. I am tired of paying to support alcoholics and drug addicts. If jail, and forced detox )and maybe some jail or prison therapy) can do even a little to reduce the number of addicts, it is saving me money. As a police officer, I have to deal with the turmoil that the addicts and abusers leave in their wake.

Most of the effort in the so called “war on drugs” is aimed at stopping higher level suppliers. But, the only logical way to legally access their organizations is to use street level addicts and abuser, and mid-level dealers to access the larger organizations. In 40 years as a police officer, I never worked narcotics, but I worked with narcotic officers for many years, and drug investigations are long, slow and complicated and work from the bottom up. It may take the arrest of a hundred users to get enough to arrest one dealer.

I am perfectly happy if you or your friends want to be addicts. Just don’t take any tax money from welfare or SSI or Medicade that comes out of my pocket.

You see, alcohol and drug abuse is a blight on any neighborhood. It costs taxpayer dollars, ruins families and social structure and leads to tons of crime, including violent crime. If you can’t understand that, you just are not very smart.

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