Drug Czar: Tide Turning in Drug War

Fox News ^ | Wednesday, February 18, 2004 | By Peter Brownfeld

[TKDietz]

WASHINGTON

[Enterprise]

Let's assume for a minute that they "win" the WOD. What will be the next massive Governmental money grab from the citizens?

[Joe Bonforte]

Walters, whose official title is director of the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy (search), demonstrated some of the technology contributing to this success. Mini-buster contraband detectors, night vision kits and wiretap systems were among several items on display at the exhibit.

Your police state at work. They get better at it every year.

[proxy_user]

Dunno...war on eating? War on sex?

[dirtboy]

What will be the next massive Governmental money grab from the citizens?

The War On Global WarmingObseityTrans FatsArsenic in the WaterSUVsSuburban SprawlHuntersSmokersDrinkersMeat EatersFishermenGolfersDead White GuysLive White GuysConservatives as PsychosGun OwnersSpecial InterestsRepublicans [insert something liberals hate here]

[Enterprise]

The "addiction" by the Government to taxpayer dollars for massive jobs and perks won't end with the WOD. I was just curious what's next.

[Enterprise]

Well, if the RATS get their power back, your guess is as good as anyone else's!

[TKDietz]

If the war on drugs was something they could win, they'd have done it by now. But don't worry, they don't need to win the war on drugs before they go after the next big money/power grab.

[LaraCroft]

Oh pooh, like they want to kill the cash cow? No way!

Let's see, 400,000 (where did they come up with that number, for crying out loud?) less kids using pot, divide that by the cost of the drug war, about 14 kazillion dollars and it works out to roughly just over 3 gabillion dollars per person not using drugs anymore.

Yup. Winning war. Therapy too expensive.

[Trailerpark Badass]

Another tool is a drugwipe, which a police officer uses to wipe a surface to detect traces of marijuana, cocaine, opiates or amphetamines. If the drugs are present, the swab changes color.

One would think that were drugs actually present, no "drugwipe" would be needed to detect them. But it's a brave new world, and there are many things I don't understand.

[Lexington Green]

We've been winning the WOD for almost a century now.

[Boner1]

I also wonder where the number come from . And after whatching c-span hearing on the drug trade in afganastan the numbers are about to change and not for the good .

[swarthyguy]

War on Food;

Tax on Sex ( Viagra Viagra ) - Would Narcissists demand Onanism be taxed or untaxed?

War on Obesity, first.

[ItisaReligionofPeace]

Wow, some like minded FReepers. How refreshing.

[TigersEye]

"We've had use go down by 11 percent by teenagers over the last two years. We haven't seen that happen in 10 years — 400,000 less kids are using drugs in 2003 than in 2001," Walters told an audience attending a counter-drug technology exhibit in Washington, D.C.

Just like a bureaucrat to take credit for a cultural trend with no data to support any nexus between the two. Which reminds me; I parked my truck for the winter and look how cold it's been, I think I reversed Global Warming!

[Seruzawa]

Well, I'm certainly glad we are winning the War On Drugs! Let's lock up all them hippie freako potheads and speed freaks! We need to protect our precious middle class America!

Now excuse me, but I've got to wash down my Paxil with my nightly martini. Then I've got to get the Ritalin for my 7 year old ready for his DrugFreeSchool tomorrow... and the dose of pink bubblegum flavored liquid Prozac for my 4 month old baby girl.... my wife needs her dose of prescription diet pills... and of course grandpa needs his lithium because without it he complains too much about being stuck in a wheelchair...... and.......

[swarthyguy]

Rush going to Rehab singlehandedly turned the stats around?

[1L]

Yup. Winning war. Therapy too expensive.

No one was quoted in the article as saying we are winning the war. They are simply talking about one statistic in a battle. So, what's your point?

[H2dude]

YAY! WAR ON DRUGS!

WHAT A F****N SUCCESS!

YAY GOVMINT!

[wireman]

Drug Czar: Tide Turning in Drug War......

Yeah, sure. Maybe if you say it enough somebody will start to believe it.