The War on Drugs is the most retarded thing ever in the sense it doesn't work and the government knows this. There was a report - the RAND report - that showed criminalization was actually a less effective method of discouragement than education. I'm not even in complete disagreement in regards to many of the ideas (ignoring the propaganda) presented by the war on drugs. Heroin isn't good for you, nor is cocaine but they approach it wrong. It should be approached with education and rehabilitation for addicts. They didn't have to make smoking illegal to see a reduction in the amount of people smoking. They didn't fight it (I'm not advocating banning cigarettes, I smoke them whenever I get ridiculously stressed but they are terrible for you) by making it illegal they fought it by educating people about the actual dangers of smoking and the health complications. I think, the government should stop this ridiculous drug war, and actual educate people on the realities of the drugs that are actually a serious risk to your health and problem (in regards to how the substances are traded and dealt with etc. I'm talking obviously about the hard drugs where the trade is sometimes violent and the usage is always unhealthy and dangerous.)
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