I found this podcast very enlightening, gave some insight into 'institutionalized racism' that I had never considered before. Very unfortunate for our country as a whole, this war on drugs....
Well making drugs illegal didnt solve the addiction problem, and it created a lot of criminals out of people who have mental/psychological issues. I would suggest taking an hour to watch the podcast before stating opinions. ND hasnt been hit hard by the drug war, as much most urban areas. For many many people it has done nothing but make a bad situation worse, in some areas exponentially worse, while costing taxpayers billions, if not trillions of dollars.
Well making drugs illegal didnt solve the addiction problem, and it created a lot of criminals out of people who have mental/psychological issues. I would suggest taking an hour to watch the podcast before stating opinions. ND hasnt been hit hard by the drug war, as much most urban areas. For many many people it has done nothing but make a bad situation worse, in some areas exponentially worse, while costing taxpayers billions, if not trillions of dollars.
Hey - I know a lot of nerd types who were afraid to get involved with drugs in HS/college - and I am pretty sure they would have been Chris Farly style druggies the way they were wired - had they tried them. But the illegal part scared them out of it.
That's me to a "T". I've never tried any illegal drugs because I was always too afraid I'd like them.
I really dont want this to turn into a "Are drugs good or bad" discussion. Specifically I would like people to watch the podcast and then discuss the 'war on drugs' not drugs themselves. These are two very different things, most intelligent people can be dissuaded from using dangerous drugs via education, versus threatening them with jail.
I have never smoked pot, let alone anything else, and even I KNOW where I can get just about any illegal/prescription drug if I wanted to. War on Drugs..........PPFFFTTT!!! It doesn't even rate the classification of a minor police action.