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In reply to the discussion: Why is the President commuting sentences of cocaine traffickers? [View all]Major Nikon
(36,925 posts)I don't remember the channel or name of the program, but they were interviewing a small town stereotypical Buford T. Justice chief of police talking about rounding up drug dealers. His exact quote was, "I"m not going to let these guys make a living on the backs of our good citizens." He said it with a straight face so I'm pretty sure the irony was completely lost on him.
What most people seem to know about drugs seems to come from a DARE brochure filled with rhetoric about first a "crack epidemic" which never seemed to materialize and now a similar hysteria about a "meth epidemic". The reality is that most people simply can't see the parallels between legal drugs and illegal ones, which is probably a pretty good testament to the effectiveness of a well orchestrated bullshit campaign that promises society will collapse if the war on drugs is dismantled.