Global war on drugs 'has failed'

2011-06-03 04:32:00

#1

Shahter: Zee Ruskie; +295|7015|Moscow, Russia

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-13624303

The global war on drugs has "failed" according to a new report by a group of politicians and former world leaders.

The Global Commission on Drug Policy report calls for the legalisation of some drugs and an end to the criminalisation of drug users.

The panel includes former UN Secretary General Kofi Annan, the former leaders of Mexico, Colombia and Brazil, and the entrepreneur Sir Richard Branson.

i facepalmed so hard i nearly knocked what's left of my brains out. apparently, there was a 'war', not a money grab.

if you open your mind too much your brain will fall out.

2011-06-03 04:36:13

#2

Jaekus: I'm the matchstick that you'll never lose; +957|5419|Sydney

Um, have you been asleep for the past 30-50 years?

2011-06-03 04:42:21

#3

Shahter: Zee Ruskie; +295|7015|Moscow, Russia

no, i've been living in a place in which the results of the so called "war" are visible the most.

if you open your mind too much your brain will fall out.

2011-06-03 04:44:54

#4

Jaekus: I'm the matchstick that you'll never lose; +957|5419|Sydney

I fail to see how politically it was a money grab. Could you explain further? Because the "war on drugs" tends to cost governments a lot of money, not generate revenue.

Also, I didn't realise you lived in South America or the Golden Triangle.

2011-06-03 04:52:37

#5

Shahter: Zee Ruskie; +295|7015|Moscow, Russia

i live in a place where about 25% of world's production of opium is consumed. the only real results of war on drugs can be seen here, not where they tell you to look. come, i'll show ya.

as to revenues - who said it was supposed to actually generate revenues? a couple or motherfuckers sold this idea to you so that they could spend your money on the "war" they never really fought.

if you open your mind too much your brain will fall out.

2011-06-03 04:54:53

#6

Kmar: Truth is my Bitch; +5,695|6841|132 and Bush

The word war implies something that can be won.

Xbone Stormsurgezz

2011-06-03 04:55:09

#7

Jaekus: I'm the matchstick that you'll never lose; +957|5419|Sydney

I'm willing to listen. Have you got some articles I can read? Because my understanding of this is the harsher the laws the more costly it is, due to the judicial system.

2011-06-03 04:55:47

#8

Jaekus: I'm the matchstick that you'll never lose; +957|5419|Sydney

Kmar wrote:
The word war implies something that can be won.

Astutely put.

2011-06-03 04:57:11

#9

Shahter: Zee Ruskie; +295|7015|Moscow, Russia

Kmar wrote:
The word war implies something that can be won.

Jaekus wrote:
I'm willing to listen. Have you got some articles I can read? Because my understanding of this is the harsher the laws the more costly it is, due to the judicial system.

ussr. read about it.

if you open your mind too much your brain will fall out.

2011-06-03 08:54:26

#10

jord: Member; +2,382|6918|The North, beyond the wall.

Everyone with a modicum of logic agrees. I bet even the vast majority of politicians do too. It would be political suicide to campaign for the legalization of drugs though, however I think the tides are changing.

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2011-06-03 11:25:11

#11

venom6: Since day One.; +247|6799|Hungary

Governments are all behind drugs....its serious business!

2011-06-03 11:29:43

#12

Uzique: dasein.; +2,865|6711

Jaekus wrote:
Kmar wrote:
The word war implies something that can be won.
Astutely put.

stolen from the wire!

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2011-06-03 11:30:42

#13

eleven bravo: Member; +1,399|5499|foggy bottom

this is a troll thread, right?

Tu Stultus Es

2011-06-03 11:37:15

#14

Jaekus: I'm the matchstick that you'll never lose; +957|5419|Sydney

Uzique wrote:
Jaekus wrote:
Kmar wrote:
The word war implies something that can be won.
Astutely put.
stolen from the wire!

Honestly, I didn't!

2011-06-03 11:56:09

#15

KEN-JENNINGS: I am all that is MOD!; +2,979|6872|949

Pretty funny that people who probably had a hand in propagating and benefitting from the 'war on drugs' are coming out and saying after the fact that it has a negative effect. Actually, it's not funny, it's sad.

2011-06-03 13:45:14

#16

Shahter: Zee Ruskie; +295|7015|Moscow, Russia

this^ was my point. the whole affair is outrageous.

if you open your mind too much your brain will fall out.

2011-06-03 13:57:10

#17

13urnzz: Banned; +5,830|6737

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2011-06-03 16:44:12

#18

Kmar: Truth is my Bitch; +5,695|6841|132 and Bush

I wonder what would happen if there wasn't a giant smuggling operation on our southern border. How many have died because the government thinks, or at least wants you to think, it can stop people from doing drugs?

Xbone Stormsurgezz

2011-06-03 18:19:10

#19

FEOS: Bellicose Yankee Air Pirate; +1,182|6651|'Murka

http://forums.bf2s.com/viewtopic.php?pi … 7#p3549107

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2011-06-04 01:26:10

#20

Dilbert_X: The X stands for; +1,815|6346|eXtreme to the maX

KEN-JENNINGS wrote:
Pretty funny that people who probably had a hand in propagating and benefitting from the 'war on drugs' are coming out and saying after the fact that it has a negative effect. Actually, it's not funny, it's sad.

I don't think you're understanding how the system works in that respect.

Fuck Israel

2011-06-04 01:29:51

#21

Jaekus: I'm the matchstick that you'll never lose; +957|5419|Sydney

Kmar wrote:
I wonder what would happen if there wasn't a giant smuggling operation on our southern border. How many have died because the government thinks, or at least wants you to think, it can stop people from doing drugs?

I heard something like 35,000 people in the past couple years alone?

A mate of mine lives in Mexico, he said he often hears AK47 fire as close as 1km from his home. Every now and then some bodies turn up. All due to the drug gangs in the area. Pretty sad.

2011-06-04 07:02:17

#22

FEOS: Bellicose Yankee Air Pirate; +1,182|6651|'Murka

Kmar wrote:
The word war implies something that can be won.

As stated in another thread, it also implies that it will actually be fought as a war, which this has not.

“Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.”
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2011-06-04 07:23:27

#23

Superior Mind: (not macbeth); +1,755|6933

The war on drugs was a cover for the CIA to cripple or take control of certain crop productions in Latin America- similar to the anti-communist military action taken in the area. They also attempted to assume to control of the drug trade by propagating certain drug traffic veins and selling drugs themselves. Evil shit.

x

2011-06-04 15:19:54

#24

Kmar: Truth is my Bitch; +5,695|6841|132 and Bush

FEOS wrote:
Kmar wrote:
The word war implies something that can be won.
As stated in another thread, it also implies that it will actually be fought as a war, which this has not.

Well then.. you've never seen Clear and Present Danger.

Xbone Stormsurgezz

2011-06-04 16:59:28

#25

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