tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-99704500378481622.post9164435215412891521..comments2023-10-14T08:23:14.641-07:00Comments on The American Energy Crisis: It Just Gets Deeper and DeeperA Quaker in a Strange Landhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15425198389944137571noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-99704500378481622.post-33482246833422481762011-06-06T18:24:50.844-07:002011-06-06T18:24:50.844-07:00A thousand and one stories of the insanity of the ...A thousand and one stories of the insanity of the "war on drugs" and still we continue the insanity. Did we learn nothing from prohibition? I know of a young couple that got caught with a few plants. They lost their kids. To get them back they had an impossible list of requirements that the only way to get it done was to cheat. These are not "gangsters". Just a caring young family. It was bullshit. <br /><br />I deal with young men trying to stay sober every day. What this "war" has done to the fabric of society will never be repaired. At least not in this culture. I was raised believing cops helped. I think cops thought of themselves as people who helped. Today it is us and them. We have lost the hearts and minds of an entire generation. The effects on the cops has to be just as bad. Everybody is out to get them. It is a war and everybody has PTSD.dennishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00167339350609039463noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-99704500378481622.post-47599718612643061532011-06-06T16:24:59.359-07:002011-06-06T16:24:59.359-07:00If you want to collapse illicit drugs the best way...If you want to collapse illicit drugs the best way would be with a lessening scheme. Anyone who is addicted can get certified as an addict and get a license to buy it at a pharmacy- no further prescriptions required. However, transferring drugs to someone who is not an addict remains a felony. Then subsidize the drugs so the illicit production and distribution channels collapse. In a generation there would be very few addicts.<br /><br /><br />Donal,<br /><br />That won’t work because most addicts buy from someone they know and most of the drugs flow through a distribution network where anywhere along the chain the person knows the people he is buying from and the people he is selling to. <br /><br />Best,<br />DanAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-99704500378481622.post-42643886999760622082011-06-06T15:01:06.107-07:002011-06-06T15:01:06.107-07:00Its always interested me that its not in the polic...Its always interested me that its not in the police's interest for there to be less crime! More crime means greater cred, bigger budgets, more law enforcement officers. As you say,ditto for lawyers, judges, prisons..... Why would any of them want an improvement in the crime figures? It would be like turkeys voting for Xmas!<br /><br />Here's an interesting thought about drugs; if you truly want to cripple the drugs trade, flood the streets with fake drugs. Then no-one would trust the quality, the prices would collapse and the market would fail.Donalnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-99704500378481622.post-55454441137826100642011-06-06T11:20:57.987-07:002011-06-06T11:20:57.987-07:00Tweel:
"There is no better place to learn to...Tweel:<br /><br />"There is no better place to learn to become a criminal than prison."<br /><br />Our misguided efforts have yielded us our "Gang Problem". Gangs were, and are, born in prison.<br /><br />I would imagine being part of a system that harms those that don't deserve it is hard on one... actually, I don't have to imagine... I worked on Wall Street! But I don't want to dwell on my shortcomings...A Quaker in a Strange Landhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15425198389944137571noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-99704500378481622.post-83789758225074710602011-06-06T09:55:50.599-07:002011-06-06T09:55:50.599-07:00None taken, especially as I don't work there a...None taken, especially as I don't work there anymore. If you polled corrections personnel, you'd find that the overwhelming majority disagree with the 'war on drugs', even though their jobs would be gone otherwise. Having to incarcerate and watch over folks that really shouldn't be there is a real contributor to burnout; your job not only sucks, but you are arguably hurting instead of protecting the public. There is no better place to learn to become a criminal than prison.tweellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08164718561825615886noreply@blogger.com