War on illegal drugs failing, medical researchers warn

[Os Cangaceiros]

Illegal drugs are now cheaper and purer globally than at any time over the last 20 years, a report has warned.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-24342421

[Jimmie Higgins]

I guess "failing" or "winning" depends on what the actual goals of the "war on drugs" are. In the US, the tanks in municiple police departments would probably make those departments say that the war on drugs is going great.

[Os Cangaceiros]

I personally liked how they ended that sentenced with "warned".

Consumers are now getting exactly what they want (ie pure or relatively non-adulterated drugs of their choosing) at cheap prices that just keep falling, oh the horror! When this is put up against the backdrop of a highly illegal marketplace that exists even in countries with very harsh penalties (ie countries like, say, Kuwait or China) for the selling of illegal drugs, it's really quite impressive how resilient the drug trade is.

[Futility Personified]

BBC3 are currently doing a series on the drug trade in various countries. One dealing with the cocaine trade in Peru, the other with a new Methamphetamine variant in Thailand (that i've seen anyway). From what I gathered, the programme reluctantly supported the conclusion that the "war" is being lost.

[Aleister Granger]

This is a war where the only way to win is to not play.
Some documentary featured a man who said "Why don't we declare a war on hot women? Because then there'd be hot women on every street corner" and he was right: all the illegalization of drugs has done is glorify said drugs within a culture of rebellion.

And rock and roll has been on a fast decline ever since they banned LSD. That alone should be enough incentive to legalize the stuff.

[Jimmie Higgins]

This is a war where the only way to win is to not play.
Some documentary featured a man who said "Why don't we declare a war on hot women? Because then there'd be hot women on every street corner" and he was right: all the illegalization of drugs has done is glorify said drugs within a culture of rebellion.

Well I don't know if it glorified it, drug use went up a lot in the 70s and drug inforcement and attitudes were growing more lax. I think people just like to alter their minds. I saw a news story on TV about the dangers of tween's playing a pass-out game where they hold their breath.

Where the I think the war on drugs has impacted things is in making the drug-trade way too profitable for people to pass up.


And rock and roll has been on a fast decline ever since they banned LSD. That alone should be enough incentive to legalize the stuff.Oh?

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