Comments on: The Futile Drug War and Crime http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2007/01/20/the-futile-drug-war-and-crime/ Life. Liberty. Property. Defending individual freedom and liberty, one post at a time. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:04:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Brad Warbiany http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2007/01/20/the-futile-drug-war-and-crime/#comment-7125 Brad Warbiany Sun, 21 Jan 2007 02:28:34 +0000 http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2007/01/20/the-futile-drug-war-and-crime/#comment-7125 At the same time, look at tobacco. It's been legal for centuries, but in the US (largely due to education) it's use is dropping constantly. And I'd say it's more addictive than at least most recreational drugs. I'm not advocating drugs. I'm saying we can get a better bang for our buck treating it as a health issue than a criminal issue. At the same time, look at tobacco. It’s been legal for centuries, but in the US (largely due to education) it’s use is dropping constantly. And I’d say it’s more addictive than at least most recreational drugs.

I’m not advocating drugs. I’m saying we can get a better bang for our buck treating it as a health issue than a criminal issue.

]]> By: Laer http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2007/01/20/the-futile-drug-war-and-crime/#comment-7088 Laer Sun, 21 Jan 2007 01:55:26 +0000 http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2007/01/20/the-futile-drug-war-and-crime/#comment-7088 It's interesting that you focus on crime instead of death in your post. Drugs routinely kill drug users and "the war on drugs" includes information efforts that reduce this risk. Granted, the government funded programs are not as effective as the private sector programs, but saving lives is good no matter who does it. I used to do a drug information blog that carried nothing but news stories from around the world about people dying from drugs, being murdered by drug users, or ruining their lives because of drugs. Although everything I published was just news, not opinion, I was mercilessly attacked by drug apologists who said I was biased. I told them they could go to pro-drug sites if they wanted, but that wasn't my mission. They didn't listen. Attack, attack, attack. Gosh, it was like they were addicts or something. It is no stranger that drug activists attack anyone who tries to educate about drugs than it is that abortion activists attack anyone who tries to educate about abstinence or gestation. Both are inherently ultra-defensive about their beliefs because they both know that what they believe in kills, and more people would be alive if what they believed in would just go away. Rather than accept this truth, they just attack the messenger. That's why I stopped doing that blog. It was just too much attack, too much hassle, too much having to deal with stupid people. You should consider the effects of stopping the war on drugs. Sure, you'd get your libertarian jollies, but it would be much, much harder to reach kids with the dangers of drugs if society just rolls over and accepts them. If you doubt this, just look at alcohol. It’s interesting that you focus on crime instead of death in your post. Drugs routinely kill drug users and “the war on drugs” includes information efforts that reduce this risk. Granted, the government funded programs are not as effective as the private sector programs, but saving lives is good no matter who does it.

I used to do a drug information blog that carried nothing but news stories from around the world about people dying from drugs, being murdered by drug users, or ruining their lives because of drugs. Although everything I published was just news, not opinion, I was mercilessly attacked by drug apologists who said I was biased. I told them they could go to pro-drug sites if they wanted, but that wasn’t my mission. They didn’t listen. Attack, attack, attack. Gosh, it was like they were addicts or something.

It is no stranger that drug activists attack anyone who tries to educate about drugs than it is that abortion activists attack anyone who tries to educate about abstinence or gestation. Both are inherently ultra-defensive about their beliefs because they both know that what they believe in kills, and more people would be alive if what they believed in would just go away. Rather than accept this truth, they just attack the messenger.

That’s why I stopped doing that blog. It was just too much attack, too much hassle, too much having to deal with stupid people.

You should consider the effects of stopping the war on drugs. Sure, you’d get your libertarian jollies, but it would be much, much harder to reach kids with the dangers of drugs if society just rolls over and accepts them. If you doubt this, just look at alcohol.

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