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America's Disastrous Drug War Is Finally Unravelling

Author: sharkweek

Score: 19

Comments: 9

Date: 2020-11-05 22:54:34

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poulsbohemian wrote at 2020-11-06 01:09:06:

The war on drugs is one of the prime examples of why so many of us are so angry about politics. I'm now a middle-aged person, yet this war started _before my birth_ and still isn't over. So many lives destroyed as pawns in a social / political / economic game. I feel the same way about health care, child care, homelessness, tuition costs, the environment - we were talking about these same issues when I was in kindergarten! Sure, the wheels of justice turn slowly, but when their revolutions are multi-generational it's downright exhausting.

refurb wrote at 2020-11-06 01:33:47:

If those issues were easily solved then they’d be solved by now. Point is they aren’t easy to solve.

pmiller2 wrote at 2020-11-06 03:20:31:

That's because you don't "solve" these types of problem; you manage them. Harm reduction programs, decriminalization, and legalization bring drug use out into the open, so people can get help. People don't want to be afraid of getting arrested because they admit to using drugs. You make rehab programs available to these people rather than jail cells. You make sure that first responders carry Narcan, if your area has a significant number of opiod overdoses.

Alcohol does more harm than crack or heroin. [0] Making criminals out of users literally makes no sense and does not work.

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https://www.webmd.com/mental-health/addiction/news/20101101/...

refurb wrote at 2020-11-06 04:13:01:

_That's because you don't "solve" these types of problem; you manage them_

Thanks for being pedantic about it. You know when I used the word “solve” that’s what I meant.

And yes, harm reduction is great, but it’s far from the magic solution you propose.

phobosanomaly wrote at 2020-11-06 04:26:39:

Many states have 'solved' the problem of locking up thousands of people for marijuana violations by just legalizing it. Colorado legalized marijuana in 2014, seems fine so far. Now even Arizona (where possession was a felony a week ago) is jumping on the bandwagon.

Seems to be working out. Maybe it is that easy.

We'll see what happens in Oregon. Check back in a year. It will be the continuation of an experiment Colorado started, and which has yielded overwhelmingly positive results so far.

Gibbon1 wrote at 2020-11-06 04:56:36:

Small data point, California decriminalized marijuana in 1975. $100 citation for less than an oz. That's now 45 where the criminal justice systems views marijuana as a low to no priority.

htnsao wrote at 2020-11-06 02:54:41:

War on Drugs > War on Terror > War on Coronavirus.. Look we're doing something.

amanaplanacanal wrote at 2020-11-06 03:57:48:

At least the last one we have a plan to win.

htnsao wrote at 2020-11-06 13:21:32:

No it's another farce. Less freedom in the name of safety.