Re: Global war on drugs has 'failed' say former leaders

There is soooooo much money involved in the drug war.  Far too many govt. 
entities derive substantial income from this stupid war and it employs millions. 


You could probably slash the law enforcement budget of the U.S, most states and 
municipalities in half if you abandoned this idiocy.  


And I've brought it up before, but if you want a serious shock/scare/wretch do a 
quick google of civil forfeiture laws in this country.  *Anything* that the 
authorities merely suspect of being involved with drugs is subject to seizure 
and forfeiture.  The burden of proof is only preponderance of the evidence, 
there is no right to a jury trial and you could be either not charged or even 
acquitted of a crime and still have your property confiscated.  Far too many law 
enforcement agencies derive a significant portion of their operating budgets 
from civil forfeitures which creates an intrinsic conflict of interest when they 
look into seizing/forfeiting an individual's property.  


In short, its all about the Benjamins and follow the money.

Mike F. 




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From: James <[email protected]>
To: DADL (off topic) <[email protected]>
Sent: Thu, June 2, 2011 2:10:05 AM
Subject: Re: [DADL-OT] Global war on drugs has 'failed' say former leaders

Not surprising that the White House immediately rejects the report --
even with a few prominent US representatives in the commission.

On Thu, Jun 2, 2011 at 12:02 AM, James <[email protected]> wrote:
> Global war on drugs has 'failed' say former leaders
> http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-13624303

...

> The office of White House drug tsar Gil Kerlikowske rejected the
> panel's recommendations.
>
> "Drug addiction is a disease that can be successfully prevented and
> treated," said a spokesman for the Office of National Drug Control
> Policy.

A disease that they've successfully added this side effect to:

[from earlier]
> Their report argues that anti-drug policy has failed by fuelling
> organised crime, costing taxpayers millions of dollars and causing
> thousands of deaths.

[con't]
> "Making drugs more available - as this report suggests - will make it
> harder to keep our communities healthy and safe."

Sounds safe to me, yep.

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