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War on Drugs Takes a Toll on the L.A. Justice System
Los Angeles Times ^
| October 25, 2003
| Brady Sullivan
Posted on 10/29/2003 1:35:16 PM PST by MrLeRoy
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posted on
10/29/2003 1:35:16 PM PST
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MrLeRoy
To: *Wod_list; jmc813
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posted on
10/29/2003 1:35:42 PM PST
by
MrLeRoy
(The legitimate powers of government extend to such acts only as are injurious to others. - Jefferson)
To: Wolfie; vin-one; WindMinstrel; philman_36; Beach_Babe; jenny65; AUgrad; Xenalyte; Bill D. Berger; ..
WOD Ping
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posted on
10/29/2003 1:40:04 PM PST
by
jmc813
(Michael Schiavo is a bigger scumbag than Bill Clinton)
To: MrLeRoy
Drug addiction is a medical problem, not a law issue.
I should know. I'm a recovering cocaine addict. Only by the grace of G-d and the friendship of NA have I stayed clean.
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posted on
10/29/2003 1:42:00 PM PST
by
Lazamataz
(PROUDLY POSTING WITHOUT READING THE ARTICLE SINCE 1999 !!!!)
To: MrLeRoy
Well, except for that shot of heroin.
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posted on
10/29/2003 1:42:30 PM PST
by
Lazamataz
(PROUDLY POSTING WITHOUT READING THE ARTICLE SINCE 1999 !!!!)
To: MrLeRoy
And the handful of Quaaludes.
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posted on
10/29/2003 1:42:45 PM PST
by
Lazamataz
(PROUDLY POSTING WITHOUT READING THE ARTICLE SINCE 1999 !!!!)
To: MrLeRoy
And the speed.
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posted on
10/29/2003 1:42:54 PM PST
by
Lazamataz
(PROUDLY POSTING WITHOUT READING THE ARTICLE SINCE 1999 !!!!)
To: MrLeRoy
And the goofballs.
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posted on
10/29/2003 1:43:05 PM PST
by
Lazamataz
(PROUDLY POSTING WITHOUT READING THE ARTICLE SINCE 1999 !!!!)
To: MrLeRoy
And the pot.
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posted on
10/29/2003 1:43:20 PM PST
by
Lazamataz
(PROUDLY POSTING WITHOUT READING THE ARTICLE SINCE 1999 !!!!)
To: MrLeRoy
Surely drugs and gang-violence are inextricably linked.
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posted on
10/29/2003 1:45:23 PM PST
by
expatpat
To: MrLeRoy
So what solutions does this character offer?
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posted on
10/29/2003 1:47:27 PM PST
by
onedoug
To: expatpat
Surely drugs and gang-violence are inextricably linked.No, no more than alcohol and gang-violence were inextricably linked---they were decoupled by the simple act of ending Prohibition.
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posted on
10/29/2003 1:50:00 PM PST
by
MrLeRoy
(The legitimate powers of government extend to such acts only as are injurious to others. - Jefferson)
To: onedoug
So what solutions does this character offer?He clearly thinks ending those stupid "buy-bust" operations would help.
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posted on
10/29/2003 1:51:14 PM PST
by
MrLeRoy
(The legitimate powers of government extend to such acts only as are injurious to others. - Jefferson)
To: MrLeRoy
"...ending those stupid "buy-bust" operations would help."Help what? To enable even more people into addiction?
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posted on
10/29/2003 1:55:50 PM PST
by
onedoug
To: onedoug
ending those stupid "buy-bust" operations would help.Help what?
Help free officers for more fully policing the most violent, gang-infested parts of the city.
To enable even more people into addiction?
Provide evidence that criminalizing drugs has reduced addiction.
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posted on
10/29/2003 2:03:31 PM PST
by
MrLeRoy
(The legitimate powers of government extend to such acts only as are injurious to others. - Jefferson)
To: MrLeRoy
I don't claim to have a solution, though it seems to me that much, if not most of this selling activity is already going on in the most violent, gang-infested parts of the city..
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posted on
10/29/2003 2:16:18 PM PST
by
onedoug
To: onedoug
much, if not most of this selling activity is already going on in the most violent, gang-infested parts of the city.No doubt---and the criminalization of drugs helps fuel this violence by boosting drug profits.
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posted on
10/29/2003 2:20:07 PM PST
by
MrLeRoy
(The legitimate powers of government extend to such acts only as are injurious to others. - Jefferson)
To: MrLeRoy
So decriminalization, especially of some of these truly horrible drugs, makes America better?
I know it's frustrationg, but I just don't see that.
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posted on
10/29/2003 2:23:36 PM PST
by
onedoug
To: onedoug
So decriminalization, especially of some of these truly horrible drugs, makes America better?Relegalization would reduce the following effects of the criminalization of drugs: deaths of innocents in drug-turf wars; deaths of users due to impurities or unexpectedly high potencies; enrichment of criminals; corruption of the justice system by enriched criminals; and lessened respect for the law in general.
Not to mention upholding the principle that adults should be free to make their own non-rights-violating choices (even if the choices they make are stupid).
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posted on
10/29/2003 2:27:38 PM PST
by
MrLeRoy
(The legitimate powers of government extend to such acts only as are injurious to others. - Jefferson)
To: Lazamataz
LOL..
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posted on
10/29/2003 2:47:45 PM PST
by
KDD
(I didn't say it was your fault...I said..I was going to blame you.)
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