American Drug War

[Sapiens]

Nothing new to you or that instinctually did not know. Some facts of the drug war are here exposed out loud, that's all.

[FRED]

Re: American Drug War

Nothing new to you or that instinctually did not know. Some facts of the drug war are here exposed out loud, that's all.

iTulip Prediction: Prohibition was repealed in the depths of The Great Depression in 1933 because the US could no longer afford to battle the crime wave that Prohibition produced and expanding alcohol consumption to the large segment of the population that did not consume alcohol illegally helped the government by allowing the population to self-medicate more broadly. Likewise, during the coming depression various drug laws will be repealed for the same reason.

[Rajiv]

Re: American Drug War

iTulip Prediction: Prohibition was repealed in the depths of The Great Depression in 1933 because the US could no longer afford to battle the crime wave that Prohibition produced and expanding alcohol consumption to the large segment of the population that did not consume alcohol illegally helped the government by allowing the population to self-medicate more broadly. Likewise, during the coming depression various drug laws will be repealed for the same reason.

A collapse of the banking system has to occur first - just as it did in the great depression. The banks are the biggest beneficiaries of the drug war. See Narco-Dollars for Beginners "How the Money Works" in the Illicit Drug Trade by Catherine Austin Fitts

[World Traveler]

Re: American Drug War

I posted an article about 2 weeks ago on a Pew Research Report that 1 in 100 Americans are now in prision, about 2.4 million. The Pew Report also suggested that the U.S. politicians (highlighting Texas) were starting to look at alternatives to incaceration, especially for non-violent offenders and parole/probation violators. Within the first 2 minutes, this film highlights that over 1 million are in prision for non-violent drug offenses.

American politicians are scared to death of being "soft on crime" but they are starting to realize local/state and federal finances will be tight to grim over next decade.

I don't think we'll see outright legalization per se of softer drugs, but rather more tolerance by authorities and less harsh punishments, mainly due to finanacial pressures on government entities.

Poll after poll has shown that the average American is more tolerant re: drugs than their politicians and he/she prefers treatment programs over prision for drug users.

That's the route politicians will take and they'll justify it to any skeptics by saying it's cheaper and more effective long-term (which has been true all along).