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2011-05-30 Caribbean-Latin America

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Posted by badanov 2011-05-30 00:00|| || Front Page|| [10 views ] Top

#1 The US side has to be a mess. This fellow has several videos and he has over 20 years in law enforcement. I am inclined to believe him;

Posted by Dale 2011-05-30 08:51|| 2011-05-30 08:51|| Front Page Top

#2 He's insane. The only way to win the war on drugs is to decriminalise them and make people take responsibility for taking them.

Posted by Bright Pebbles 2011-05-30 19:05|| 2011-05-30 19:05|| Front Page Top

#3 The only way to win the war on drugs is to decriminalise them and make people take responsibility for taking them.

Two lies, three fantasies, and one, big, fat, assumption.

Posted by Pappy 2011-05-30 19:28|| 2011-05-30 19:28|| Front Page Top

#4 Except that drugs tend to be highly addictive - often making the user little more than a slave of their addiction.

And lets not forget that the user is often not the only one's harmed. Wives, Husbands, Children, Siblings, Mothers and Fathers get to 'enjoy' the user's slow slide down oblivion.

Posted by CrazyFool 2011-05-30 19:47|| 2011-05-30 19:47|| Front Page Top

#5 Except that drugs tend to be highly addictive - often making the user little more than a slave of their addiction.

I've been hooked on caffeine and nicotine for 50 years. Both Bill and Bright Pebbles are correct. The point at issue is which one is saner and whose policy is more likely to be adopted. My money is with BP.

Posted by Nimble Spemble 2011-05-30 20:30|| 2011-05-30 20:30|| Front Page Top

#6 dian.co.uk/society/2011/may/30/oxi-crack-cocaine-south-america

"The majority of first-time users become addicted on their first contact with the drug. Most of them go seven to 10 days without sleeping, without eating. They start to go into a process of degeneration. After months of use they go into a state where they look like zombies, wandering in search of pleasure."

New and cheap big problem in Brazil. Wild Bill is correct. The only way to stop this sort of thing. Allowing it enables it.

Posted by Dale 2011-05-30 23:16|| 2011-05-30 23:16|| Front Page Top

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