What alternatives have I presented? I've said that if we want to win the war on drugs the only solution I see to winning it is imposing severe penalties, to include the death penalty, for possession. So far I've been presented with the numbers of people who would have to be executed, I've been accused of being a muslim and being uncommitted to the war on drugs because I won't perform the executions myself. But only one person has suggested that I'm wrong and that continuing to fight the WOD in the way it goes now will eventually result in a win.
I suppose its a cost/benefit attitude. When the average joe starts to think about actually killing scores of poor schmucks that happen to use a little weed here and there, they lose the will. Or I should say, realize they never had the will in the first place. Yeah, I suppose you could go around whacking citizens left and right, but is the end worth the cost? Fewer people are listening to Pink Floyd? Cheech and Chong rentals are down? Doesn't sound worth it.
OK. Do you support such a policy? If not, what policy do you think should be adopted?
And what is your answer to this:
1. If you compare the scope of heroin addiction in Iran and Singapore to the scope of the problem in the Netherlands, which do you think has a better handle on the heroin problem?
Many Asian countries (Iran, Vietnam, China, and Malaysia come to mind) do this already and they haven't won their war on drugs. All your plan will do is increase the body count for the cops. If a guy possessing some coke knows he's going to be executed for possession, why not kill the people trying to arrest him? The end result is the same.
Heck, why not make any crime punishable by death? In theory, all those crimes should be eliminated. Heck, I hear there are no more murders in Texas....
Disregard the last point I made, at least to you directly. I know realize what your stance is.