NickMurr
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16 years ago @ Big Hollywood - Sting and Soros Hook U... · 0 replies · +14 points
Alright, we get it. You don't like Sting's music or Montel's earrings, but are you so oblivious to the problems of drugs in the US to let those superficial prejudices cloud your rational mind from giving full thought to this debate?
The fact is, the war on drugs has cost American taxpayers over a trillion dollars with little to show for it. Hard drugs have gotten cheaper and more dangerous. Marijuana use is widespread of course, but the result of this practically unenforceable law is the incentive for police forces in our major cities to round up poor Black and Latinos, mainly males because its worth the overtime. Whites use drugs, especially marijuana in frequency equal to that of minorities, yet those minorities account for an overwhelming majority of those arrested for marijuana possession.
Banning things that people want is a stupid policy because it invents criminals and makes them filthy rich. The increase in crime within the inner-cities of the US drives away real opportunities for those struggling to get out of poverty while the only real economic option is to join the growing drug trade.
It's great that you can make some funny jokes by tearing down celebrities that have put themselves out there for a cause most rational Americans agree with but don't forget that you are defending a system that creates the problems we are attempting to solve.
Prohibition harms society MUCH more than the drugs it claims to save us from.
If anyone wants to see the actual video, it can be found here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P0A1XTlJAio
The fact is, the war on drugs has cost American taxpayers over a trillion dollars with little to show for it. Hard drugs have gotten cheaper and more dangerous. Marijuana use is widespread of course, but the result of this practically unenforceable law is the incentive for police forces in our major cities to round up poor Black and Latinos, mainly males because its worth the overtime. Whites use drugs, especially marijuana in frequency equal to that of minorities, yet those minorities account for an overwhelming majority of those arrested for marijuana possession.
Banning things that people want is a stupid policy because it invents criminals and makes them filthy rich. The increase in crime within the inner-cities of the US drives away real opportunities for those struggling to get out of poverty while the only real economic option is to join the growing drug trade.
It's great that you can make some funny jokes by tearing down celebrities that have put themselves out there for a cause most rational Americans agree with but don't forget that you are defending a system that creates the problems we are attempting to solve.
Prohibition harms society MUCH more than the drugs it claims to save us from.
If anyone wants to see the actual video, it can be found here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P0A1XTlJAio