[Vision2020] Failed Drug Policies from Nixon to Bush

[Matt Decker]

Joe,

Yes yes the never ending question. I feel that if a person is not ready to quit then they won't, ten fold if their community has no place for them to better their lives. Never ending cycle. 

I do feel that prevention and intervention are keys to success, but our society is not ready for full legalization of all drugs. We live in a over consumption society. 

Make weed legal, opening our prisons, and generating revenue so we pay off debts, counseling, education, food for poor etc. It's about time. Hope that made since I am in a time crunch.

M

From: philosopher.joe at gmail.com
To: mattd2107 at hotmail.com
Date: Mon, 2 Mar 2009 16:31:22 -0800
CC: vision2020 at moscow.com; donovanjarnold2005 at yahoo.com; garrettmc at verizon.net
Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Failed Drug Policies from Nixon to Bush

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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