[Vision2020] Failed Drug Policies from Nixon to Bush

[Joe Campbell]

One question: from a policy point of view is it better to treat drug  
abuse as a crime or an illness. Both cost money but where should the  
money be spent?

Joe Campbell

On Mar 2, 2009, at 4:25 PM, Matt Decker <mattd2107 at hotmail.com> wrote:

> While I will agree that weed should be legalized, it is hard for me  
> to understand why all other drugs should be. I am open to discussion  
> but have seen the first hand effects it does to you and surrounding  
> loved ones. I admit I have not done coke, but have known people that  
> do. Also, how quickly their lives take a turn, compared to what  
> alcohol does, in a time sense.
>
> Plus I fear the government won't be able to regulate the hard drug  
> trade, being, I doubt organized crime will want to give up their  
> most lucrative product. I feel they would be willing to part ways  
> with marijuana, or try to sell it at a lesser cost then the govt'  
> would.
>
> Matt
>
> > Date: Mon, 2 Mar 2009 15:54:24 -0800
> > From: garrettmc at verizon.net
> > To: vision2020 at moscow.com; donovanjarnold2005 at yahoo.com
> > Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Failed Drug Policies from Nixon to Bush
> >
> > Donovan writes:
> >
> > "that statement is so outlandish it is hard to take anything else  
> you say seriously."
> >
> >
> > Perhaps we all say things that seem outlandish, but from my  
> experience seeing people I know on cocaine, that's my opinion.  
> Knowing that people chew coca leaves for precisely the same reason  
> people drink coffee, it really isn't as outlandish as you may  
> believe. Anyway, my point was not to say they were equal, but that  
> they are more similar than cocaine and alcohol are to one another.  
> Caffiene and cocaine are both stimulants.
> >
> > Have you seen first hand the effect of cocaine on people you know?
> >
> > Alcohol is not legal for people under 21 years of age, which was  
> the age bracket of people I was refering to.
> >
> > I've been drunk on alcohol enough to know that the impairment it  
> causes seems way beyond what cocaine causes, but maybe because I  
> grew up in Lost Angeles, I shouldn't be taken seriously in any  
> regard;)
> >
> > gclev
> >
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