Is the United States not one of the largest consumers of illegal drugs in the world? Is it not true that the U.S. has been fighting the "war on drugs" for several decades and losing? We have heard in Canada, particularly on the West Coast, that we should have stiffer penalties for people convicted of crimes. They should be more like the sentences in the U.S. Building and maintaining prisons is a major industry in the U.S. Longer sentences would obviously mean a convicted criminal would be off the streets longer, but will it deter him or her? Some penal experts claim that gangs do a lot of their recruiting in prisons. [continues 72 words]
Isn't it interesting how conservatives (like the bozo who is the drug czar in the United States) always object to trying anything new, or things that work successfully in other countries? They always talk about supply and demand, that is how prices are set, etc. So what do the geniuses do about drugs? They try to eliminate the source and spend billions on destroying suppliers. The suppliers move to another country and the drug problem increases. They don't consider trying to help the millions of people with a drug addiction? [continues 103 words]
