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<blockquote data-quote="Dracula" data-source="post: 1249019" data-attributes="member: 42691"><p>Uh, it's been a colossal failure. Not sure were you're cherry picking your "research", but your accuracy makes it sound like you are a user.</p><p></p><p>Here's one disputing every nutty idea you're talking about, from the libertarian Cato group:</p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.cato.org/blog/familiar-pattern-futility-international-drug-war?gclid=CMHc76zB3bsCFew7MgoddTEAoQ" target="_blank">http://www.cato.org/blog/familiar-pattern-futility-international-drug-war?gclid=CMHc76zB3bsCFew7MgoddTEAoQ</a></p><p></p><p>Conservatively, $350 billion a year? And that's just the money side of it.</p><p></p><p>Here's another study, by the Canadian government, that, again, shows how wrong you are. Opiate use up 35%, cocaine use up 27%, and pot use up 9% between 1998 and 2008. Up, not down, sir. Does that sound like a success story to you?</p><p></p><p>Supply is up, potency is up, and price is down. Does that sound like a success story to you?</p><p></p><p>Since the drug war started 40 years ago, we have spent $121 billion to arrest more than 37 million non-violent drug offenders, roughly 10 million of those for marijuana. We've spent $450 billion to lock those people up in federal prisons. Last year, half of all federal prisoners are there for drug offenses. Does that sound like a success story to you?</p><p></p><p>When we have a prohibition against drugs, the countries that produce those drugs suffer tremendously. According to the BBC, since 2006, over 60,000 Mexicans have been killed. Imagine if that were in this country. We would have NSA snoop boxes in every house. And 70% of guns recovered from Mexican crime scenes come from the US. In Columbia, over the years, it has been worse. Does this sound like a success story?</p><p></p><p>It is obvious that you felt that Prohibition was a success. Why else would you believe it is still a good idea?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dracula, post: 1249019, member: 42691"] Uh, it's been a colossal failure. Not sure were you're cherry picking your "research", but your accuracy makes it sound like you are a user. Here's one disputing every nutty idea you're talking about, from the libertarian Cato group: [url]http://www.cato.org/blog/familiar-pattern-futility-international-drug-war?gclid=CMHc76zB3bsCFew7MgoddTEAoQ[/url] Conservatively, $350 billion a year? And that's just the money side of it. Here's another study, by the Canadian government, that, again, shows how wrong you are. Opiate use up 35%, cocaine use up 27%, and pot use up 9% between 1998 and 2008. Up, not down, sir. Does that sound like a success story to you? Supply is up, potency is up, and price is down. Does that sound like a success story to you? Since the drug war started 40 years ago, we have spent $121 billion to arrest more than 37 million non-violent drug offenders, roughly 10 million of those for marijuana. We've spent $450 billion to lock those people up in federal prisons. Last year, half of all federal prisoners are there for drug offenses. Does that sound like a success story to you? When we have a prohibition against drugs, the countries that produce those drugs suffer tremendously. According to the BBC, since 2006, over 60,000 Mexicans have been killed. Imagine if that were in this country. We would have NSA snoop boxes in every house. And 70% of guns recovered from Mexican crime scenes come from the US. In Columbia, over the years, it has been worse. Does this sound like a success story? It is obvious that you felt that Prohibition was a success. Why else would you believe it is still a good idea? [/QUOTE]
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