For Those That Say Prohibition Isnt Working………..?

Published April 13, 2014

Question by Rdddgrgrg Drgrfsrgsrsg: For those that say Prohibition isnt working………..?
Its better than legalization.

Ugh…but ok I’ll play your game. Rather than me posting, again, sources where this has happened, i’ll give you the info so you can do so yourself. Maybe this effort will work better, as despite how many times I post it naysayers refuse to admit the facts.

– 1919 to I believe 1923 the US gave out free drugs to addicts, legalizing it for them hoping to reduce criminal activity they were causing.

– California decriminalized marijauna in the mid-70’s. Abuse, DUI’s and other crimes increased dramatically. Same thing happened in 10 other states that legalized it in the 70’s.

– Alaska and Oregon in the mid 70’s…both legalized, and after it failed re-criminalized drug use.

– In the late 1800’s, opium addiction was through the roof while legalized.

– Switzerland and it’s ‘Needle Park’ (forget the time period, 90’s I think)

– England laxed laws allowing clinics to distribute heroin in the 60’s & 70’s. By the mid 80’s it was learned that addiction greatly increased, leading to increased medical burden on society and increased domestic violence and criminal behavior to support the addicition. It was learned that more people left these ‘clinical treatment programs’ because of criminal activity than because they were being cured/helped.

– Amsterdam, a city where drugs are practically legalized entirely for all intensive purposes has seen addiction rise dramatically in the decade and its been stated that 80% of all property crimes are caused by these addicts. This is the reason Amsterdam must have a police force much larger than comparable sized American cities.

– Even with its lax drug laws, 50% of those imprisoned in the Netherlands are there because of drug related crime. It is the most crime prone country in Europe, and most addicts live on state welfare programs and criminal behavior. The Dutch are getting stricter with Drug Laws and there is a big push to do so.

– Spain and Italy both legalized use but not sale of cocaine and heroin in the 80’s or early 90’s. Addiction, and crime increased and both countries now have the highest rate of addiction and abuse in all of Europe.

– In the late 1800’s and early 1900’s China allowed legal use and sale of opium. An obscene amount of addiction and abuse took place to where the govt. was forced to criminalize, and get very strict on its usage. China does not have the type of problem Europe, or even us here in America now have related to drug crimes.

– Egypt in the 20’s or 30’s legalized drugs, then subsequently years later criminalized them, citing increased usage especially among youth and excessive criminal behavior.

– Singapore also faced a heroin epidemic after legalizing the drug and has since criminilized it.

There ya go…have fun doing some research. As with any study, one can find fault both ways. As with whats happening with the Netherlands, time and time again countries tried the legalization route, only to go and criminalize it thereafter.

In a 2001 study, the British Home Office found while the Netherlands have become the worlds leading producer of ecstasy, violent crime and property crime increased in the late 1990s in every wealthy country except the United States. It is estimated that overall drug use in America has been reduced by more than a third since the early 1980s. That’s 9 million fewer people using illegal drugs. Cocaine use has been reduced by an astounding 70 percent in the past 15 years. The War on Drugs has been far from a success. Rather than going 180, I’m more of a proponent of examining what and why it has not been more successful and trying to correct it.

Illicit drug use is not a victimless crime because the user, his family, and society suffer social and economic costs.
The war on drugs might not work 100% to stop everyone from using drugs be it works a LOT better at stopping overall drug use than legalization where thers addicts everywhere and crime is out of control.

Best answer:

Answer by Anita Bong widow of King Kong
You know, for someone who is so hard core against drugs, this long rant sure has the telltale signs of cocaine use.

Answer by Dr. Zaius -R-
Are you an agent in the DEA.. can’t you crosstrain to the TSA or something?

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