“The Taliban would still get money from drug sales if it was legalized.”
Less. Dramatically less. I don’t have the figures, but if we are not more than 1/2 the market, I would be greatly surprised.
“You can legalize drugs in the US, but not everywhere in the world. We would be declaring ourselves the enemies of all the governments around the world still fighting against narco-terrorists.”
Yes, I saw all those countries that declared war on Holland. On a serious note, most countries don’t give a damn. They only have the laws because we do. If we stop, everyone would follow (well except Iran, which has the strictest drug laws in the world — and the highest drug use rates).
“We would be helping jihadists and communists take over those countries and going into business with them.”
No, we would be producing the stuff ourselves. This crap grows everywhere. The only reason it is grown in the mountains of Pakistan is its hard to get to the mountains of Pakistan, thereby protecting them.
“We would be helping them destroy our own nation.”
Again, drug use rates drop in countries that have legalized drugs. So no, this is false. We would help save our nation by spending much less money on stupid, useless, efforts and creating a police state used by Obama.
Says who? "Common Sense for Drug Policy?" That's who runs "drugwarfacts.org."
How did I know, before I even searched, that I would be able to link this group to George Soros?
As it turns out, "Common Sense for Drug Policy" has been funded by Soros' Open Society Institute.
The President of "Common Sense for Drug Policy" has this to say about Soros:
"My impression of Soros: extremely smart guy," says Kevin Zeese, a leading drug reform campaigner. "He can look at situations and be very helpful in figuring out strategies that make sense." When Zeese was a staffer at the Washington-based Drug Policy Foundation (DPF), which was, before Lindesmith, the leading pro-decriminalization advocacy group in the country, he sent Soros a grant proposal asking him to support lobbying and other advocacy activities. Soros invited Zeese to breakfast and confessed he didn't know enough about the policy issues to feel comfortable funding advocacy per se. But if Zeese was willing to tackle projects such as needle exchange and AIDS prevention--hands-on treatment as opposed to efforts to change laws--Soros was in. Zeese later moved on to form his own group, Common Sense for Drug Policy, which combines advocacy work with support for service-oriented programs. Last year Soros gave the organization $125,000, a quarter of its $500,000 budget. - September 20, 1999You can even find a link to "Common Sense for Drug Policy" right on Soros' own website: soros.org
You might want to ask yourself why the very same person, George Soros, who supports America's enemies, and does everything he can to make the USA lose the war on terror, is at the same time doing everything he can to make us lose the war on drugs too.
You might want to rethink making common cause with a pesron like George Soros, and spreading around Soros propaganda from Soros-funded orgs.
How did Mao eradicate Opium use in the PRC?
Colonial India had huge use of opium I hear...do the Indians consume as much today or are they busy being gainfully employed?
Would you “waterboard” drug (narco-terrorist) traffickers?
What is a suitable punishment for “narco-terrorists?
Columbia was/is practically “destroyed” by them. Who was/is the largest customer for their drugs?
Would you all not agree that to be “drug free” is Patriotic?
Eradication of drug trafficking and sales...how the hell do you do THAT?
I drive into most towns and see signs prominently displayed, that warn, “WE ARREST DRUNK DRIVERS” and “CLICK IT! OR TICKET!”
Must of missed the ones that warn “Get caught in our County selling or doing drugs...MINIMUM OF 10 YEARS HARD TIME”
If you do drugs you are un-Patriotic and deserve no mercy from us. You support those that want our demise.
How about some educational signs like: “Drug use supports Terrorism: be a Patriot don’t use any!”
“English only in this County - No habla espanol”