We haven’t tried either method yet. I am open to either one but prefer the second since it will mean alot less police raids, innocent people getting the lives disrupted and destroyed on screwed up raids based on faulty intel, and my profession getting a black eye doing things like killing dogs for being a little nervous at the tumult.
With making dope dealing a life WOPP offense, the first set captured won’t believe it. All those who come after will have to make the decision, do I sling this last button to this guy who could be a source, and thereby earn a guaranteed life sentence, or do I get out of the game?
Of course, liberals world wide will decry this as cruel and unusual punishment, but in my experience every dope dealer I worked to get indicted was a violent SOB to boot.
If we go the other way, we must control the market and distribute the narcotics at clinics free of charge with the understanding that the user must stay on the clinic grounds. This will inevitably lead to more overdoses, but all the associated narcotic crimes plummet.
The WOD is ripping up the Constitution.
Traffickers now face a real threat of death - from competitors and twitchy customers - yet there is no shortage of traffickers nor of replacements for those who do fall.
We haven’t tried either method yet.
True - but the fact I mentioned casts serious doubt on the effectiveness of life sentences. If the real risk of death isn't getting you out of the trade, why would the real risk of life without parole?
I am open to either one but prefer the second since it will mean alot less police raids, innocent people getting the lives disrupted and destroyed on screwed up raids based on faulty intel, and my profession getting a black eye doing things like killing dogs for being a little nervous at the tumult.
Ditto.
in my experience every dope dealer I worked to get indicted was a violent SOB to boot.
I don't doubt it. Rumrunners weren't nice people either.
If we go the other way, we must control the market and distribute the narcotics at clinics free of charge with the understanding that the user must stay on the clinic grounds.
I'm not sure that's the optimal approach. But it's miles better than the status quo, and makes sense at least for true "narcotics" (as opposed to, for instance, marijuana).
The WOD is ripping up the Constitution.
Yup. When even Iran and China have drug problems, we can't hope to have both a War On drugs and freedom.