lets hear it for the War on Drugs!!!

Apr 13, 2009 11:29

another huge success by the Reagan Administration...

I am not too happy with how flipantly Obama recently dismissed the discussion of drug law reform, but I can only imagine how bad things have/will  become if we don't figure out a more pragmatic strategy to resolve headlines and stories like this one...

Heroin cheaper than six-pack-of-beer

Sometimes I wonder how I made it to 20years old, and then 30....but I can only imagine what being a 15year-old in 2009 must be like!!!
There are going to be a lot of heartbroken parents and lives ruined if we don't take a step back re-evaluate how we are managing this health care issue.

Prohibition as drug policy is as naive as promoting
- abstinence as the cornerstone of child pregnancy / STD prevention policy (a pregnant VP candidates' teenage daughter can tell you that)
- criminalizing the oldest capitalist profession on the books - prostitution
- trying to stop gun violence with more guns

When will we learn?

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