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.
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 don’t really expect many will get out, but they will never be able to re-enter society as is the case with the failed catch and release policy so prevalent in our justice, excuse my faux pas, legal system. And eliminating repeat offenders is good for our citizens and society.