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War on drugs has failed and requires new radical reform, says LSE report
The global war on drugs has failed and international policy requires radical reform to remove outmoded, unscientific thinking, according to a major new report from the London School of Economics and Political Science which has been endorsed by President Santos of Colombia. Read full article
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Disclaimer & comment rulesGovernments barely ever won a battle in the war on drugs. It's utterly crazy where we've ended up. It's a multi billion dollar industry, one of the largest in the world - and they choose to fight it rather than tax it.
Oct 25th, 2012 - 11:46 am - Link - Report abuse 0They'd be much better off letting the likes of Glaxo develop recreational drugs rather than some dodgey blokes in a hut in Columbia.
People want drugs. Banning it will never stop people wanting drugs. All it does is change the supply chain.
Funny article. Of course the LSE says the war on drugs has failed. First question to be asked is: How many of the drugs are used by the LSE? Where else should we look? Limp-wristed liberals? As well as, in the UK, limp-wristed Liberal Democrats. Then there's the “human rights” numpties. Here's a thought. Do drug traffickers have “human” rights? Should they? If someone doesn't have a problem damaging, or killing, you or your kids, what “rights” would you let them have? Having been there, stop tying the hands of enforcement agencies. Let's suppose the basic penalty for drug trafficking was execution within 30 days. Ever seen a film of what drugs can do to someone? I saw a film of an autopsy on a 22-year old (female) addict. She looked about 80. This you want to tax? How do you feel about taxing murder? My reaction to drug dealers and traffickers is that the first thing I would do is to blow their kneecaps off. Just to make sure they didn't run away. Then I'd shoot them up with their own “products”. Every couple of hours. By the time it got to “execution day”, they'd be begging for it.
Oct 25th, 2012 - 02:45 pm - Link - Report abuse 0conqueror
Oct 25th, 2012 - 02:53 pm - Link - Report abuse 0I don't fully agree with your methods, but I will support you in your quest.
Start in Colombia, the biggest drug traffickers in SA have 7 military bases there...
I'm with Idlehands on this one.............
Oct 25th, 2012 - 04:24 pm - Link - Report abuse 0But I'm totaly against Glaxo SmithKline....
I very much prefer Novo Nordisk ;-)
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Oct 25th, 2012 - 04:31 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Oct 25th, 2012 - 02:53 pm
I didn't realize that the FARC had that many fixed bases!!!!!!!
See we have the usual over reaction from the no nothing brigade.Must be head up yer asse yanks?they are the cause of the problem.The most users
Oct 26th, 2012 - 12:55 am - Link - Report abuse 0of every drug available to mankind and the blind obedience to this fictional“war” on drugs,was it Reagan who coined that most unfortunate phrase.Drugs are addictive,just ask all the big pharmies why they spend so much on RAD,they also kill like asprin if you take enough of them.
Deaths from auto accidents run into the millions!!! but I don't see the likes of the stupid aka conqueror threatening to kneecap the ceo of Ford!!
Rational thinking and policies born from that would be beneficial to the problem relating to the “illegal” drugs but while the yanks continue to examine their internal organs via the anus the problem will only descend into more and more violence for control of the market.Fact.
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Oct 26th, 2012 - 06:47 am - Link - Report abuse 0Simon, there are many things you don't realize. Try gatherring information in already written form, instead of making it up in your head, that should help...
I'm with Conqueror but we need to add alcohol and tobacco dealers as well.
Oct 31st, 2012 - 11:59 am - Link - Report abuse 0#5 Well in their game of hardball pre-negotiations, the Colombian defence establishment may soon be saying exactly that...
Nov 01st, 2012 - 01:03 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Commenting for this story is now closed.
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