US drug war has met none of its goals

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US drug war has met none of its goals

MEXICO CITY – After 40 years, the United States' war on drugs has cost $1 trillion and hundreds of thousands of lives, and for what? Drug use is rampant and violence even more brutal and widespread.

Even U.S. drug czar Gil Kerlikowske concedes the strategy hasn't worked.

"In the grand scheme, it has not been successful," Kerlikowske told The Associated Press. "Forty years later, the concern about drugs and drug problems is, if anything, magnified, intensified."

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100514/ap_on_re_us/failed_drug_war
 
Yurt said:
US drug war has met none of its goals

MEXICO CITY – After 40 years, the United States' war on drugs has cost $1 trillion and hundreds of thousands of lives, and for what? Drug use is rampant and violence even more brutal and widespread.

Even U.S. drug czar Gil Kerlikowske concedes the strategy hasn't worked.

"In the grand scheme, it has not been successful," Kerlikowske told The Associated Press. "Forty years later, the concern about drugs and drug problems is, if anything, magnified, intensified."

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100514/ap_on_re_us/failed_drug_war
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I suppose it depends on what the "goals" of the War on Drugs are. Sure, it hasn't curbed the problem of drug use, abuse, trafficking and the violence associated therewith, but maybe those were never the goals in the first instance.

:foil:
 
The pretense of the drug war has provided the justification for arming our police with military grade killing machines. Mission accomplished.
 
Met none of its goals? But I thought government worked?

We'd better throw another few Trillion at it just to make sure!
 
Onceler said:
What's the implication here...that if the gov't fails at one thing, it fails at everything?
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No, the implication is that we throw trillions at broken government programs rather than admit that they will never work. But heck, if it weren't for these laws we wouldn't have 1/3 of the population in prison! Yaaay us! And those judges wouldn't have had any fake charges to convict innocent children on!

What a shame that would be, eh?
 
the united states has the highest percentage of citizens in prison than any other nation on earth

a TRILLION dollars and not a thing to show from it and what is fucking sad is that BOTH parties continue to support this failed "war" on drugs
 
Onceler said:
Ever hear of re-election?
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in the history of our nation, have you ever seen a re-election fix something thats broken or allowed a failed program to succeed? No, you haven't. You haven't because, again, there is no incentive for the government to succeed. It doesn't profit when it succeeds.
 
SmarterThanYou said:
in the history of our nation, have you ever seen a re-election fix something thats broken or allowed a failed program to succeed? No, you haven't. You haven't because, again, there is no incentive for the government to succeed. It doesn't profit when it succeeds.
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I'm not an extreme gov't defender; I understand the nature of the problems surrounding "gov't as a solution," and the extent of some of its failures.

Nor am I in the camp that thinks gov't is 100% corrupt, and has no interest whatsoever in succeeding.

There still are people who go to Washington for the right reasons, and do not have some sort of nefarious hidden agenda to really see things fail. Gov't can be a force for positive change, and has been in many instances, though it is generally the failures that stand out.

The war on drugs, no doubt, is a bust...
 
Onceler said:
Gov't can be a force for positive change, and has been in many instances, though it is generally the failures that stand out.

The war on drugs, no doubt, is a bust...
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The only time the government succeeds is when it fights another government or there is a battle between different branches/departments of one government.
 
RStringfield said:
The only time the government succeeds is when it fights another government or there is a battle between different branches/departments of one government.
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the "government" is an inanimate institution that is used as a tool for either good, or ill. Same with corporations. They're not nefarious and self-aware entities, which have manifestly evil intent in and of themselves.

Personally, I wouldn't be where I am today without government grants and student loans. Thank you U.S. taxpayer. And I certainly couldn't have afforded college, without having access to excellent, taxpayer supported public universities.

The way to keep corporate entities in check is with oversight and regulation. The way to keep government institutions from abusing power is with the choices and votes of an informed democratic electorate.

It's a simple as that. There's nothing inherently evil or corrupt about inanimate entities like governments or corporations.
 
Cypress said:
the "government" is an inanimate institution that is used as a tool for either good, or ill. Same with corporations. They're not nefarious and self-aware entities, which have manifestly evil intent in and of themselves.

Personally, I wouldn't be where I am today without government grants and student loans. Thank you U.S. taxpayer. And I certainly couldn't have afforded college, without having access to excellent, taxpayer supported public universities.

The way to keep corporate entities in check is with oversight and regulation. The way to keep government institutions from abusing power is with the choices and votes of an informed democratic electorate.

It's a simple as that. There's nothing inherently evil or corrupt about inanimate entities like governments or corporations.
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Cypress said:
the "government" is an inanimate institution that is used as a tool for either good, or ill. Same with corporations. They're not nefarious and self-aware entities, which have manifestly evil intent in and of themselves.

Personally, I wouldn't be where I am today without government grants and student loans. Thank you U.S. taxpayer. And I certainly couldn't have afforded college, without having access to excellent, taxpayer supported public universities.

The way to keep corporate entities in check is with oversight and regulation. The way to keep government institutions from abusing power is with the choices and votes of an informed democratic electorate.

It's a simple as that. There's nothing inherently evil or corrupt about inanimate entities like governments or corporations.
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actually, government loans and grants have caused the price of education to soar through the roof...schools know they can charge ridiculous amounts because students will just get loans
 
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