Ronald Reagan arrested for drug trafficking

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http://www.jacksonnjonline.com/2009/12/ ... g-charges/

It was the dirty hypocrite who boosted the war on drugs in the first place...

Ronald Reagan? Oh, i thought you ment the other guy...
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Hi-larious!

For every drug runner caught, 20 more make it to the US and their s**t ends up on the streets.

So what's the point of war on drugs anyway? It seems that there's lots of effort, but little results. Cops toot their trumpets every time they seize a truckload of drugs.. meanwhile 20 truckloads passed unnoticed.

We either need results, or we need to give up the endeavor because it doesn't work. Pick one or the other. Is that so hard to understand?

How do you measure results? That's easy. When the police action makes it so a junkie can't find drugs in their city. That NEVER happens! Anyone who wants to score, in any US city, can do so easily, at any time. One shipment seized by the cops means nothing, because the drug runners will just bring two more shipments to replace the lost one and to satisfy the need.

So again I ask, what's the point?

If I put forth effort at work, but produced zero results, they'd fire me. That's how it should be. Why aren't cops held to the same standard?

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Last edited by Willard on 01 Sep 2010, 11:24 pm, edited 1 time in total.

There is a lot of profit in the war on drugs - forfeiture laws are big money for police - they basically get to seize anything "associated" with the drug trade, and they get to keep it regardless if the person gets convicted. It's also big money for the prison industry, and the alcohol and tobacco industry actively lobbies against any efforts to change existing laws. It's also convenient for politicians who want to be "tough on crime."

It is a woefully poor policy for actually reducing drug use which is best addressed as a public health issue, in my opinion.

Looks like Reagan may have upped the drug trade to increase his prices, ne?