Big Turk Posted November 30, 2008 Share Posted November 30, 2008 Voters overwhelmingly voted to give addicts government-authorized heroin to make the program permanent. In the 14 years they have been running the program on a temporary basis it has apparently reduced crime and improved the health and lives of addicts... I cannot even imagine seeing something like this in the US. Guess it just goes to show how open to ideas other parts of teh world are, even if they sound like bad ones or are counter-intuitive. As expected the UN and US narcotics boards criticized the program for fueling drug use/abuse, since they have to maintain a stoic face on their "war on drugs", even tho they are clearly losing it and losing it badly. Maybe they should ask the local police officers in Mexico how the war on drugs is going against the cartels who hunt down police officers and murder them in broad daylight.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JStranger76 Posted November 30, 2008 Share Posted November 30, 2008 If it was up to me I'd legalize everything, scrap the war on drugs(which is a complete joke) and take 1/3 of the war on drugs money and use it towards awareness and use the other 2/3 on alternative energies. Crime would be cut in half at the very least but the FDA would become even worse than it is now, that would be the only negative IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLZFAN4LIFE Posted November 30, 2008 Share Posted November 30, 2008 OTW. PPP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steely Dan Posted November 30, 2008 Share Posted November 30, 2008 Voters overwhelmingly voted to give addicts government-authorized heroin to make the program permanent. In the 14 years they have been running the program on a temporary basis it has apparently reduced crime and improved the health and lives of addicts... I cannot even imagine seeing something like this in the US. Guess it just goes to show how open to ideas other parts of teh world are, even if they sound like bad ones or are counter-intuitive. As expected the UN and US narcotics boards criticized the program for fueling drug use/abuse, since they have to maintain a stoic face on their "war on drugs", even tho they are clearly losing it and losing it badly. Maybe they should ask the local police officers in Mexico how the war on drugs is going against the cartels who hunt down police officers and murder them in broad daylight.... People in this country don't like scientific studies that fly in the face of what they believe is common sense. This is the east coast elitism because some people actually believe that scientific data outranks so called common sense. This is the type of Midwest elitism that is holding this country back in solving social problems. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colin Posted November 30, 2008 Share Posted November 30, 2008 i think there should be zero laws against using drugs. that said, the government shouldn't hand drugs out to addicts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tux of Borg Posted November 30, 2008 Share Posted November 30, 2008 If it was up to me I'd legalize everything, scrap the war on drugs(which is a complete joke) and take 1/3 of the war on drugs money and use it towards awareness and use the other 2/3 on alternative energies. Crime would be cut in half at the very least but the FDA would become even worse than it is now, that would be the only negative IMO. Crime would double. You would see more DUIs, more robberies to support their habit, and higher health care costs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KD in CA Posted November 30, 2008 Share Posted November 30, 2008 Actually, the US has a far more expansive program of this type than do the Swiss or anyone else. Only difference is instead of heroin, we provide our addicts with Oxycontin, Vicodin, Xanax, Ritalin, etc., etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Acantha Posted November 30, 2008 Share Posted November 30, 2008 Crime would double. You would see more DUIs, more robberies to support their habit, and higher health care costs. Why? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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