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[–] DeadlyAura 0 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago 

The article is 25 years old, but his statements are still relvant.

As long as the war on drugs is at the same (or worse) place as 1990, and as long as he still believes this, I'm all for it.

I don't do drugs (unless you consider alcohol a drug), but I agree that or current war on drugs is entirely in vain. We need a new tactic, a new direction of attack in order to make this work.

Think of it as a ground war. The soldiers fight for their superiors, their superiors carry out the orders of their leaders. In turn, the very rich, very powerful leaders give them a little wealth and power.

Now, if you (their enemy) tell the soldiers that you will stop attacking them, protect them from their leaders, and give them wealth and power while under our protection, you can effectively disassemble the army. Without the soldiers, the leaders are powerless. And now, you have an army to fight for you. You no longer spend money fighting them, but you make money off of their work. You then use this money to keep the system safe.

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[–] Broc_Lia 0 points 4 points (+4|-0) ago 

I don't do drugs (unless you consider alcohol a drug)

It is, and that's the point, almost everyone is a recreational drug user to some degree, but it hasn't torn society apart.

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[–] EndDrugAndOtherWars [S] ago  (edited ago)

Actually, It kinda has. If I was in the business of telling people what drugs they could do (I'm not), alcohol would not be among them. It's destructive as fuck it makes people violent and stupid and dangerous

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[–] EndDrugAndOtherWars [S] ago 

I don't do drugs (unless you consider alcohol a drug)

Of course I do. Anway, I agree with your comment