Guest DrugCzar Posted March 17, 2008 Report Share Posted March 17, 2008 Drugs in Binghamton...solution? Binghamton is becoming a thriving metropolis for drug activity. We are loosing our neighborhoods and it seems like no one is doing anything about it. Should we just put everyone in jail and in order to get out make them prove that they are not nor have ever been involved with illegal drugs? Would too many of us loose our freedom? Is the current system effective? Is it fair? The problem is far more complicated than that however. The incredible "economy" that is created by drug activity is unbelievable and very difficult to compensate for. At the very top we are talking about very brilliant, well-funded "business" people who run a sophisticated organization that is difficult to penetrate. Even when law enforcement is successful the rewards are so overwhelming that is only a matter of time before two, three, even five new large organizations appear. Some could argue that law enforcement "busts" actually cause expansion in the drug trade. Next in line we have dealers. There are all different levels and some of these people are too very smart. They are smart enough to want a piece of the American dream and they are not willing to work for minimum wage and be a martyr to the system, swept up in "survival" and never having anything to show for their hard labors. Let's be very honest here; there is absolutely no such things as a drug "PUSHER". We have been and probably always will be a nation of drug addicts. From prescriptions drugs, alcohol, tobacco, cocaine in the early 20th century, opium in the 19th century, and so on... we are a nation of drug feigns! People want drugs and will seek them out at any cost and this creates a huge economy. The simple solution is to legalize drugs. Just admit defeat, like we did with prohibition, and give the people who "own" this country what they want and stop putting them in jail for it. But... that's too simple. The legalization of drugs would eliminate the "organized" crime economy but it would wipe out and even bigger economic system. It's really all by design. It is a self perpetuating economic cycle: the government doesn't want to eliminate illegal drugs in this country. They impact on the attorneys (8 out of 10 of all criminal offenses are drug related), law enforcement personnel, private jails, jail construction, all the federally funded "drug" programs, half of the coast guards budget and the list goes on and on. If you don't want drugs in your community then take your country back and let your elected officials know that you want drugs legalized and economic stimulus packages for economically disenfranchised people who are too intelligent to work for minimum wage. Chances are they didn't have the same opportunities that you and I did early in life. Like a very famous poet once concluded, "...instead of a war on drugs, let's have a war on poverty"! Let's get out of the Middle East, let's get out of sticking our noise in every war on the planet, let’s stop spending so much on bombs, and let's use all of those resources on fighting poverty. I'll bet two generations from know, if we eliminate poverty in this country, most people won't know what a lawyer is and nobody will want drugs no matter how legal and available. That's my two cents! What do you think? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kermit Posted March 17, 2008 Report Share Posted March 17, 2008 How many threads does that need to be posted on? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2pelo Honey Posted March 17, 2008 Report Share Posted March 17, 2008 I was wondering the same thing, K. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dlinclimo Posted March 17, 2008 Report Share Posted March 17, 2008 I was wondering the same thing, K. Thats what 4 now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2pelo Honey Posted March 17, 2008 Report Share Posted March 17, 2008 Thats what 4 now Yeah, think so...so far anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kermit Posted March 17, 2008 Report Share Posted March 17, 2008 It even made it's way onto a AFC thread... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dlinclimo Posted March 17, 2008 Report Share Posted March 17, 2008 It even made it's way onto a AFC thread...Hell I only got through the first 3 sentences. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2pelo Honey Posted March 17, 2008 Report Share Posted March 17, 2008 Hell I only got through the first 3 sentences. I didn't even get that far!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2pelo Honey Posted March 17, 2008 Report Share Posted March 17, 2008 It even made it's way onto a AFC thread... That was why I wasn't sure on my count...I couldn't stand the thought of opening it to look. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dlinclimo Posted March 17, 2008 Report Share Posted March 17, 2008 That was why I wasn't sure on my count...I couldn't stand the thought of opening it to look.Im into self abuse so I figured Id look there. Didnt stay around for long. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Guest Posted March 17, 2008 Report Share Posted March 17, 2008 I really don't understand what you guys are talking about. What's an AFC thread? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest will someone answer me? Posted March 17, 2008 Report Share Posted March 17, 2008 I really don't understand what you guys are talking about. What's an AFC thread? HELLO????? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dlinclimo Posted March 17, 2008 Report Share Posted March 17, 2008 HELLO?????Any thread started by or ending with AFC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kermit Posted March 17, 2008 Report Share Posted March 17, 2008 Hell I only got through the first 3 sentences. The Cliffnotes version is that the writer thinks that illegal drugs should be legalized. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2pelo Honey Posted March 17, 2008 Report Share Posted March 17, 2008 The Cliffnotes version is that the writer thinks that illegal drugs should be legalized. Ah...not surprising. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dlinclimo Posted March 17, 2008 Report Share Posted March 17, 2008 The Cliffnotes version is that the writer thinks that illegal drugs should be legalized.All that just for that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kermit Posted March 17, 2008 Report Share Posted March 17, 2008 All that just for that Pretty much.....nothing that warrented being repeated on 4+ threads. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Guest Posted March 17, 2008 Report Share Posted March 17, 2008 Pretty much.....nothing that warrented being repeated on 4+ threads. did you mean "warranted" as-hole. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Guest Posted March 17, 2008 Report Share Posted March 17, 2008 go 2 sleeep Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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