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I think like terrorist and its effects we need to keep up the pressure. Cops often say that they can keep 50% of Burglars in prison at one time. Laws depend o people at high rate obeying them to work or else there is lawlessness; plain and simple.
Cops also often say that 90% of police activity is drug related. 90% of those 50% of Burglars that are in jail are there due to drugs.
No, we should wrap up our efforts on the drug war. It's a money pit that has failed.
No one ever said law enforcement will eliminate crime in the world. The goal is to contain it and do the best we can to keep law abiding citizens safe, and I think they are succeeding in it.
Keep up the good work guys. As opposed to slamming our men and women in uniform as failures, how about giving them a thumbs up for risking their lives to keep us safe?
We should build more prisons, pay more for tips, increase surveillance, giver harsher sentences.
The fact is, there are still too many dealers, underage users, adult users, and gangs.
Maybe even get the NSA involved, and bring back the troops for this too.
If we make the police force large enough, maybe we can even make alcohol illegal again once more.
No. History has shown that prohibition is a failure.
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Why should people be allowed to sin against their bodies and be stimulated, drunk, high, etc?
Why should you or the government be allowed to tell someone what they can and cannot consume? I understand if one harms another under the influence, but then PUNISH THE CRIME!!! Otherwise, all you're doing is making more criminals from otherwise normal American citizens. This isn't Singapore, nor do I want to see us become like that either!
Cops also often say that 90% of police activity is drug related. 90% of those 50% of Burglars that are in jail are there due to drugs.
You seem to have just made those statistics up right now. Proof?
I've heard from numerous cops that alcohol is by far and away the most frequent factor with police activity.
And besides, why would you want to imprison someone at the taxpayer's expense and Corporate America's gain for crimes with no victims? It just overwhelms the system and takes away from police actually doing their job and stopping violent criminals and thieves.
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No one ever said law enforcement will eliminate crime in the world. The goal is to contain it and do the best we can to keep law abiding citizens safe, and I think they are
succeeding in it.
Keep up the good work guys. As opposed to slamming our men and women in uniform as failures, how about giving them a thumbs up for risking their lives to keep us safe?
fixed the part for ya..
"I think they are succeeding in it". well you think wrong!!! drug use has risen steady every year, not only has drug use risen but its a snortassburg of new drugs out on the streets than ever before..
and as malamute said in one post, if they cant even keep drug use out of the very place they were sent to for doing drugs {prison} that says it all!!! total failure...
Why should people be allowed to sin against their bodies and be stimulated, drunk, high, etc?
People should be allowed to manage their own lives. It has been proven that when drugs are legalized, usage goes down.
The US already has the highest percentage of prisoners to population in the world; 80% of them for mostly minor drug charges. Why would want to turn even more people into criminals? The wise thing would be to apply those billions of wasted dollars toward drug rehabilitation and awareness programs. Also, legalized drugs would be taxed which would create a monster revenue stream.
The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over expecting different results.
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Unbelievable. So would you support prohibition of alcohol, cigarettes, and fattening foods as well?
My guess would be YES. He showed his hand when he added "drunk" to the list. Another government can save us sheeple.
fixed the part for ya.."I think they are succeeding in it". well you think wrong!!!
No, it is correct. People are safe. For exmaple murders have been cut to half. The drug war down here was looking awfully bad in the 1980s, but the good guys won, and killings are way down.
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drug use has risen steady every year, not only has drug use risen but its a snortassburg of new drugs out on the streets than ever before..
and as malamute said in one post, if they cant even keep drug use out of the very place they were sent to for doing drugs {prison} that says it all!!! total failure...
You and malamute are of the breed who want to declare defeat and throw in the towel. Such is the pessimist mind.
Lot's of people mention prison overcrowding. The solution is to build large outdoor tent prison camps to house all the druggies. I'm talking hard drugs only including meth. The more drug addicts we put in prison the nicer our communities will become.
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