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mokawanis

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10. Almsot every politician knows the drug war is a disaster

Reply to Stinky The Clown (Original post)

Sat Apr 13, 2013, 10:08 PM

Apr 2013

It's just that most of them are too cowardly to say so.

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What purpose is served in criminalizing drug use? [View all] Stinky The Clown Apr 2013 OP

Absolutely nothing ... and as evidenced by how well it's worked. ... but the US is good at creating RKP5637 Apr 2013 #1

Purpose? Confining/controlling minorities and the poor. Avalux Apr 2013 #2

And don't forgot... awoke_in_2003 Apr 2013 #28

Yep. And I will add ........ socialist_n_TN Apr 2013 #52

money and jobs, including the private prison system. not to mention, disenfranchising a large niyad Apr 2013 #3

Nothing of consequence happens in this country unless profit is involved mick063 Apr 2013 #14

Message auto-removed Name removed Apr 2013 #4

How would privatized prisons survive OriginalGeek Apr 2013 #5

I'll think of them for you... retired rooster Apr 2013 #29

No socially advantageous purpose imo, Stinky. elleng Apr 2013 #6

Read the Newest Reality Apr 2013 #7

Ahhh ... the book is online! Newest Reality Apr 2013 #8

And an excellent book it is... retired rooster Apr 2013 #30

I'm $ure there'$ $ome pre$$ing rea$on LadyHawkAZ Apr 2013 #9

Almsot every politician knows the drug war is a disaster mokawanis Apr 2013 #10

I'm for decriminialization and treating addiction as a public health issue. nt rrneck Apr 2013 #11

+10000000. nt riderinthestorm Apr 2013 #25

Private prison slave labour of course Kurska Apr 2013 #12

You could ask the same of any law that criminalizes personal behavior. randome Apr 2013 #13

Seat belts are to save insurance payouts...traffic signals are to save insurance payouts HereSince1628 Apr 2013 #16

Without these laws, we would have a lot more dead people, too. randome Apr 2013 #17

The dead are cheap, their hospital bills not so much. HereSince1628 Apr 2013 #22

No traffic signals??? Curmudgeoness Apr 2013 #24

bad analogies, in the case of drug criminalization, It is a punitive law against Dragonfli Apr 2013 #41

By that logic, anyone drinking liquor should be arrested because they might own a still Bluenorthwest Apr 2013 #51

Two primary purposes. One, to marginalized and ostracize a competitive industry Egalitarian Thug Apr 2013 #15

There is an opinion shared by some that it bolsters the private prison industry. Cleita Apr 2013 #18

Aren't private prisons a relatively new phenomenon, though? randome Apr 2013 #20

Not that new. Also, we were on our way to decriminalizing when this new Cleita Apr 2013 #21

Yes, but there has been an easy money trail to follow all along the way. Egalitarian Thug Apr 2013 #49

Here's some spooky info on corrupt Illinois prosecutors LegalScholar Apr 2013 #19

I have thought of this for years.... Curmudgeoness Apr 2013 #23

Simple illustration right here... Bennyboy Apr 2013 #26

Transfer of wealth from the underclass, support of the Prison Industrial Complex... bluedigger Apr 2013 #27

feeding the privatized prison system...crime pays seriously spanone Apr 2013 #31

More profits for the liquor industry. Mr.Bill Apr 2013 #32

Fulfilling the occupancy provisions in the contracts with the private prisons. KamaAina Apr 2013 #33

I've always wondered the same thing, Stinky... ReRe Apr 2013 #34

Letters to shareholders from private prison executives: woo me with science Apr 2013 #35

Yep. The private prison industry demands it. jsr Apr 2013 #36

The link takes me to a page that says: ohheckyeah Apr 2013 #40

Oops, sorry. woo me with science Apr 2013 #45

Thank you. ohheckyeah Apr 2013 #46

I have that fantasy all the time. woo me with science Apr 2013 #47

I read part of the story ohheckyeah Apr 2013 #48

Yes, you are correct Stinky The Clown GiveMeFreedom Apr 2013 #37

Profit for those that own the prisons. Nothing else. Initech Apr 2013 #38

only some drug use is criminalized green for victory Apr 2013 #39

Money - Banks Paul E Ester Apr 2013 #42

It's not private prisons Nevernose Apr 2013 #43

Lots of reasons. HiPointDem Apr 2013 #44

It keeps people in prison, which funds the prison-industrial complex. Apophis Apr 2013 #50