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RainDog

(28,784 posts) Sat Apr 20, 2013, 06:08 PM Apr 2013

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The War on Drugs is a Failure

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/19/opinion/gregory-brothers-the-war-on-drugs-is-a-failure.html?smid=fb-share&_r=0

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The War on Drugs is a Failure (Original Post) RainDog Apr 2013 OP

Classic. Warren DeMontague Apr 2013 #1

And more and more people are seeing it for what it is! pgallahue May 2013 #2

3. With new and unique materials pgallahue Jul 2013 #11

A New Dawn on Drug Policy pgallahue May 2013 #3

Thanks for the link RainDog May 2013 #4

cheers pgallahue May 2013 #5

Message auto-removed Name removed Jul 2013 #6

Because people have bodily sovereignty, you think they should be sterilized? RainDog Jul 2013 #7

sorry about that Kali Jul 2013 #8

good on you & MIRT RainDog Jul 2013 #9

the troll quality of late is just terrible Kali Jul 2013 #10

Warren DeMontague

(80,708 posts)

1. Classic.

Reply to RainDog (Original post)

Sat Apr 20, 2013, 06:53 PM

Apr 2013

pgallahue

(16 posts)

2. And more and more people are seeing it for what it is!

Reply to RainDog (Original post)

Tue May 28, 2013, 05:53 AM

May 2013

It is incredible how many are joining the debate and seriously calling out the drug war for the failure it is.

not all are quite like this though.

pgallahue

(16 posts)

11. 3. With new and unique materials

Reply to pgallahue (Reply #2)

Tue Jul 16, 2013, 05:11 AM

Jul 2013

Ha!, yes indeed. This one is unique!

pgallahue

(16 posts)

3. A New Dawn on Drug Policy

Reply to RainDog (Original post)

Tue May 28, 2013, 08:25 AM

May 2013

See for instance.

A New Beginning on Drug Policy

The Secretary General of the Organization of American States released a report that considers possible alternatives to current drug policies internationally and represents the most high-level discussion about drug law reform ever undertaken.

The report envisions possibilities for ending the war on drugs as well as the introduction of policies rooted in public health and human rights.

Read more: http://www.opensocietyfoundations.org/voices/new-beginning-drug-policy

RainDog

(28,784 posts)

4. Thanks for the link

Reply to pgallahue (Reply #3)

Tue May 28, 2013, 12:15 PM

May 2013

and welcome to DU.

It's so good that nations are talking about this.

It's time to extricate our nations from decades of bad policy.

pgallahue

(16 posts)

5. cheers

Reply to RainDog (Reply #4)

Wed May 29, 2013, 03:57 AM

May 2013

Thanks Rain Dog!

Response to RainDog (Reply #4)

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RainDog

(28,784 posts)

7. Because people have bodily sovereignty, you think they should be sterilized?

Reply to Name removed (Reply #6)

Sun Jul 14, 2013, 09:18 PM

Jul 2013

LOL.

That's some logic you've got going there.

And you have almost enough compassion to fill a thimble.

But, yes, it's more cost effective to treat the addiction rather than treat something as a crime.

Maybe we should arrest all overweight people who eat sugar, too, and sterilize them, and when they die, we can scorn them for their addiction, too. Yeah, that's as stupid and nasty as your suggestion.

Kali

(55,711 posts)

8. sorry about that

Reply to RainDog (Reply #7)

Sun Jul 14, 2013, 09:27 PM

Jul 2013

I sort of wanted to watch you rip him a new one, but he needed to get back to the bridge.

advocating sterilization for addicts

RainDog

(28,784 posts)

9. good on you & MIRT

Reply to Kali (Reply #8)

Sun Jul 14, 2013, 09:31 PM

Jul 2013

he was pretty obvious.

Kali

(55,711 posts)

10. the troll quality of late is just terrible

Reply to RainDog (Reply #9)

Sun Jul 14, 2013, 09:33 PM

Jul 2013

boring repetitious and obvious. sigh

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