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[creeper1]

Since this is the forum most of us frequent when we're bored I thought I'd share this documentary on Chicago's drug problem. It is pretty extreme stuff.

Do you think if the west took the same hard line as Asian countries it might help with this sort of stuff?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQYb8cRoDb0

[adzee1]

[comm]

"What has become clear is the War on Drugs has failed."
Obviously the price of drugs is not a deterrent to use and the threat of imprisonment has not been successful either. There is no reasonable way to make the threat of imprisonment any more effective than it already is. Most people who start shooting heroin want to stop, and only commit property crimes and violence because of the massive amount of money involved.

Full legalization would instantly drop prices to affordable levels, eliminating money-inspired violence and crime. Transparency would increase the quality of drugs and allow independent certification and testing to assure safety standards are met. Without the risk of a drug-dealing relative going to prison, crime-ridden communities would once again welcome police presence and involvement. The benefits of legalization for drug exporting countries are both obvious and too numerous to mention.

Government savings from releasing non-violent drug offenders who make up 25% of the entire prison population along with savings from lower crime rates overall, could be spent toward a massive increase in treatment programs.

While one could argue that eliminating the "threat of imprisonment" deterrent would result in more people trying hard drugs, full legalization would clearly result in a lower negative impact of addiction both on users and society at large.

[BobbyOrr]

Pandora's box is open in the west. We can't go back to Asian solutions. We're trying and it's failing miserably.