Drug War - an interview
An excellent interview about the War on Drugs
I dislike the race issues that seem to cloud too many minorities and women, but it's still well worth the read. This quote alone makes it worth it. It sums up the Drug War in my mind.
"Even in prison you can get them. In all of America, there is not one drug-free prison. If you can’t keep drugs out of a prison, how are you going to keep drugs out of a free society?"
Opponents can dance around that, but it's a fact. The arguments for how we must push morality by not condoning drug use pale with the fact we are teaching citizens contempt for the law, and law enforcement contempt for the people.
"Why do you think people view alcohol differently from other drugs?
Probably because alcohol has such a long tradition in our society. But alcohol is far more dangerous than all the other drugs we have out there. Alcohol eats you from the inside out. Heroin doesn’t do that. Cocaine doesn’t do that that. People think it does, but it doesn’t. It’s the cutting agents that are used that cause you the health issues. If you get pure heroin-no adulterants, baby laxatives, and things like that-you’ll live just as long as anybody else."
That's from the expert. And he's not wrong. People find drugs so scary. But this guy knew them, lived among them. The coke addict wants to dance. The heroine addict to lie down. The pot smoker to giggle. The drunk wants to fight. It's when the lucrative-because-illegal dealers and users fight over the money from the sales or the product that people start dying.
Tales from a Former Undercover Narc
I dislike the race issues that seem to cloud too many minorities and women, but it's still well worth the read. This quote alone makes it worth it. It sums up the Drug War in my mind.
"Even in prison you can get them. In all of America, there is not one drug-free prison. If you can’t keep drugs out of a prison, how are you going to keep drugs out of a free society?"
Opponents can dance around that, but it's a fact. The arguments for how we must push morality by not condoning drug use pale with the fact we are teaching citizens contempt for the law, and law enforcement contempt for the people.
"Why do you think people view alcohol differently from other drugs?
Probably because alcohol has such a long tradition in our society. But alcohol is far more dangerous than all the other drugs we have out there. Alcohol eats you from the inside out. Heroin doesn’t do that. Cocaine doesn’t do that that. People think it does, but it doesn’t. It’s the cutting agents that are used that cause you the health issues. If you get pure heroin-no adulterants, baby laxatives, and things like that-you’ll live just as long as anybody else."
That's from the expert. And he's not wrong. People find drugs so scary. But this guy knew them, lived among them. The coke addict wants to dance. The heroine addict to lie down. The pot smoker to giggle. The drunk wants to fight. It's when the lucrative-because-illegal dealers and users fight over the money from the sales or the product that people start dying.
Tales from a Former Undercover Narc