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libdude

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59. The war on drugs or

Sat Mar 2, 2013, 10:26 PM

Mar 2013

the definition of insanity.
The Dept. Of Justice has all the figures on all aspects of the War on Drugs;
Direct Federal budget expenditures, about 20+ billion per year.
The usage of each drug which for years has somewhat mirrored the increase in population.
The explosion of state prison populations started in the mid 1980's due to Federal mandatory prison sentences for drug crimes.
As someone else posted, follow the money, this is of particular interest when private corporations see the money making possibilities in managing, operating and owning prisons.
Decriminalize drugs and treat drug usage as a medical matter.

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The war on drugs summed up in a single image [View all] Kurska Mar 2013 OP

source? patrice Mar 2013 #1

Here you go, I'll add it to my OP Kurska Mar 2013 #2

Thank you. patrice Mar 2013 #3

$20B wasted in 2010, so what do you suppose that is today? nt patrice Mar 2013 #4

No idea, but I can tell you it way too much n/t Kurska Mar 2013 #6

I bet some of the people I shared that with agree with us - TOO MUCH! patrice Mar 2013 #43

Hey! Someone's got to get rich, why not them? Fire Walk With Me Mar 2013 #5

I just heard part of a speech by Jimmy Carter on the radio DisgustipatedinCA Mar 2013 #11

I did some research for a school project in the fall of 2009...... TheDebbieDee Mar 2013 #33

nt. grahampuba Mar 2013 #56

Always follow the money GeoWilliam750 Mar 2013 #58

See? It's working!!11! progressoid Mar 2013 #7

yeah, you can see that addiction rate really tapering off! 0rganism Mar 2013 #9

Looks like a chart on the 'war on poverty' Zax2me Mar 2013 #8

Link(s)? Facts? Last I heard, we waved the white flag in that war about 40 years ago... SunSeeker Mar 2013 #17

What war on poverty? CrispyQ Mar 2013 #49

ah what a fascinating chart and your solution is? azurnoir Mar 2013 #10

Make some drugs legal. DisgustipatedinCA Mar 2013 #12

perhaps you should read my avatar closely and also keep in mind azurnoir Mar 2013 #13

This is a discussion board. I replied to you. Live with it. DisgustipatedinCA Mar 2013 #16

you made false accusations and then demand annswers ? azurnoir Mar 2013 #18

You're a drug warrior, as you said in your first post DisgustipatedinCA Mar 2013 #19

so now your doubling down on the falsehoods ? azurnoir Mar 2013 #20

Well, you got an answer from me instead DisgustipatedinCA Mar 2013 #22

actually my intial comment got 2 replies yours and another azurnoir Mar 2013 #24

OK DisgustipatedinCA Mar 2013 #27

no not big portions of it as I told another poster azurnoir Mar 2013 #30

Make all drugs legal. Use savings to expand Medicare to ALL, covering addiction recovery centers. SunSeeker Mar 2013 #15

IMO there are some drugs that should for very good reason remain illegal or at least controlled azurnoir Mar 2013 #21

Meth and Opiates shouldn't be legal, but we shouldn't send people to prison for them either. Kurska Mar 2013 #28

you talking about users and I am thinking dealers and azurnoir Mar 2013 #32

Sadly the only way to do away with dealers is to legalize it. Kurska Mar 2013 #36

That much is true ruining the lives of userssome of who's lives are already in ruins is a waste azurnoir Mar 2013 #39

Methedrine was legal for 40 years, no serious problems. Warren Stupidity Mar 2013 #54

Nice post. Webster Green Mar 2013 #61

Spot on. I don't know where in the Constitution the government is granted power Flatulo Mar 2013 #63

I should be allowed to grow opium poppies if i so desire. Webster Green Mar 2013 #60

Legalize, regulate and tax some drugs and decriminalize the rest. Kurska Mar 2013 #26

The drug war was/is one of the most successful government programs ever green for victory Mar 2013 #14

Next thing you know... bobclark86 Mar 2013 #23

+1 nt Live and Learn Mar 2013 #38

Pee in a cup to get a job, pee in a cup to get social services. CrispyQ Mar 2013 #51

The War on Drugs is making someone rich Chisox08 Mar 2013 #25

This ^^^^ x 1000 nt Mnemosyne Mar 2013 #42

You can take that addiction rate all the way back into the 19th century. Egalitarian Thug Mar 2013 #29

How do we translate the anti-drug war sentiment into political change? Comrade Grumpy Mar 2013 #31

K&R DeSwiss Mar 2013 #34

here's another one for you: Warren DeMontague Mar 2013 #35

Fit and Trim Drug Warriors all---- warrant46 Mar 2013 #62

Wow... Blue_In_AK Mar 2013 #37

On the upside, the private prison industry is doing quite well. Scuba Mar 2013 #40

If the plan was to lock up young black men malaise Mar 2013 #41

got to feed the privatized prison system spanone Mar 2013 #44

" Imagine what we could have done with 1.5 trillion dollars. " Volaris Mar 2013 #45

We have a system that has gone to war with it's own people felix_numinous Mar 2013 #46

The integral of the green graph looks like roughly $400B. Lucky Luciano Mar 2013 #47

Good point. Warren Stupidity Mar 2013 #55

It wasn't a waste. A lot of very rich people got that money and making valerief Mar 2013 #48

i would like to see . . . Dem2TheCore Mar 2013 #50

But that $1.5 Trillion was well spent 99th_Monkey Mar 2013 #52

"War On Drugs" = a cover to funnel money to extra-Governmental entities blkmusclmachine Mar 2013 #53

The United States is the NUMBER ONE purveyor of weaponry and other warfare infrastructure. Raster Mar 2013 #57

The war on drugs or libdude Mar 2013 #59

hmmm lostcat Mar 2013 #64