"Jay Honeck" wrote:

I'm afraid that we, as a society, have little choice but to try to
stop illicit drug use.

I agree, but what we've been doing for so long very closely fits the
colloquial definition of insanity: doing the same thing over and over again
and expecting different results.

The War on Drugs is a monumental failure. We've wasted billions annd created
fabulously wealthy drug empires around the world with our
prohibition/enforcement strategy. That we have failed to do anything
significant to reduce the flow of dope is illustrated by the street price of
cocaine, which has been going steadily *down* every year since the '80s. Why?
Because the supply is going up. The tons of the stuff we seize is just a cost
of doing business to the narco-lords. There's plenty more where that came
from.

I propose we stop our knee-jerk policy and try something different.
De-criminalize drugs and attack the real problem: addiction. Treatment does
work, if it'a available to those who want it, and we could treat every addict
in the country for a tenth of what we're spending on the WoD.

As for those who want to keep using, fine; let 'em. But they can't work for
my company 'cause we drug test. They can't go to school or college 'cause
we'll drug test there, too. If they get caught driving under the influence,
driver's license gone; second time: felony. Bottom line: if you want to be a
drug user you can't participate in society with the rest of us; it's up to
you.

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Dan
T-182T at BFM