[Incognito]

Do you think the War on Drugs and the prohibition&criminalization of safer recreational drugs create a market for cheap and extremely dangerous drugs like Meth, Crack, Ketamine and Ecstasy?avail_skillz- I think that's my argument too. The drug wars made cocaine so expensive that a cheaper alternative was needed. That's how we got Crack.Schaufel- I read your WHOLE thing, very comprehensive. My question for you is: which is more important, decreasing drug use, or decreasing the problems associated with drug use? I think the latter is more important. I could care less about what someone wants to put in their body until violence and other crimes become an issue.I think legalization is serious option to explore. Maybe if someone can get decent legal cocaine at a controlled dosage at a controlled place and time, maybe they wouldn't be tempted to mug me for 20 bucks to get an illegal crack fix.here to help- I don't buy that, problems buying sinus medication. You get a certain amount, it's behind he counter instead of on the shelf. Just like cigarettes. If your sinuses are that bad, you need to see an ENT.captaincollestor- you're dead on- since the price of cocaine has dropped and the quality has gone up, suddenly crack isn't as big an issue as it was in the 90's. In all honesty I'd rather my community was full of some coke users than crack users.

[avail_skillz]

yes, it creates more problems than it solves, but not by creating a market of cheap drugs.The drug war drives up drug values, and along with them the income and power of criminals.-Drugdealers make more money than people with college degrees, no wonder they choose to do so.-when you are barring people who have a previous drug bust from going to college, by taking away their financial aid, you are locking them into the lifestyles that you are trying to prevent.-when someone wants to experiment with pot, who do they have to go to, to get it? the same guy that makes more money off of meth, and would rather see them using it.-how is it benefitting society to give criminals such a great avenue to make huge incomes, where they can afford to pay police an entire year's wage, to deliver the stuff for them?-if you look at what is going on in places like columbia, people who end up having their crops sprayed with herbacide end up joining militias that support the stuff, and kill government officials for supporting the drug wars.

[blackmule]

With the incompetent leadership we have on that war...yes.

[cashmere]

Yes, yes and yes. The war on drugs is the way the prison industry keeps going.

[bbbbriggs04]

no. prohibition and criminlization makes the drugs more expensive and the quality cheaper.

[htierney61]

Not only the illegal drugs, but More Importantly it has opened the door for drug companies to make a fortune on their legal drugs. In my mind that is the bigger'wrong'.

[arcticchick]

I think the"war on drugs"has been an astonishing failure. It costs the taxpayers a fortune, and has done nothing to stop drug abuse.Legalize it, regulate it, and tax the shit out of it. I'd rather know who's doing heroin than not.