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Originally Posted by BurtReynoldsMoustache

And when you say "so what" to things like militarization of police and building more prisons, you are completely ignoring the cost of it all.

Money shouldn't be an obstacle to justice


The increased need for prisons has lead to a massive private prison industry that creates a conflict of interest in which it is profitable for the few people in charge to have as many people incarcerated as possible and at tremendous cost to the taxpayer.

Now you just sound like a crazy conspiracy theorist


And no it's not my opinion that the drug war is wasteful, that is undeniably established fact. Why? Because it accomplishes absolutely nothing.

Thats the most thick headed logic I've heard from you so far "because I think I'm correct it's automatic FACT"


And you're right, legalizing drugs will not make the drug problem go away. Nothing is going to make it go away. Drugs always have and always will be a part of the human experience and nothing can change that. Legislation and imprisonment is not how problems are dealt with. You mentioned the Netherlands? Here's an even more relevant example, Portugal. Portugal legalized all drugs for personal use, and what happened? Enrollment in rehabilitation programs skyrocketed, overdoses plummeted. Holy shit how did that happen?

3 things, one how is that relevant to the correlation between crime and legalization which is the only reason I used the Netherlands example ,two Portugal and the USA have completely different cultures and the USA's population is 30 times larger -you can't compare the two, and three Drugs are still effectively illegal in Portugal as people who are caught with drugs are sent to boards to be evaluated for treatment or fines and Drug dealers/traffickers are still dealt with harshly by the law and imprisoned.

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