[Reagan Man]

The National Drug Control Strategy is working well and targets people who want to distribute drugs, profit from drug sales and ingest illegal drugs. That includes drug kingpins and local drug dealers. The NDCS isn't aimed at law abiding citizens.

Across the board drug legalization has minuscule support here in the US. Unlike, the cavalier approach that most Europeans take towards drug use, Americans understand the destructive and immoral nature of the beast. Americans also understand how hard core drugs, ravage the minds of users over time, especially the developing intellectual and emotional capacity of our children.

If you expect drugs, like cocaine, heroin and marijuana, to be legalized here in America, you're fooling yourself. Americans continue to support intervention and incarceration, to counter illicit drug use. The government has increasingly included treatment as the third part of their drug control strategy. Treatment is a humanitarian effort, offered to any drug user desiring to break their drug habit. But if treatment doesn't work, prison is the only justified alternative left. You do the crime, you pay the time.

From your post at #3, its clear one thing that motivates your support for drug legalization. And don't try and deny the inferences you've made.

[Virginia-American]

If you expect drugs, like cocaine, heroin and marijuana, to be [re-]legalized here in America, you're fooling yourself. ..

How about just pot?

[vin-one]

look deep into your soul, the WOD is a war on mine and your rights.
It is much easier for school aged kids to get Pot, and other drugs than beer.
prohibition worked so good, the first time, it gave us crime families,
and corruption at every level of government to the LEO's
The statement keep doing the same thing and expect a different result mean anthing.
are today's crack houses any different than yesterdays speak easy's??????

[CJ Wolf]

"The NDCS isn't aimed at law abiding citizens"

There is no such thing in this country. It's impossible to be one with all the BS laws we have. Thanks for continuing to support the beast.

[jurisdog]

The National Drug Control Strategy is working well and targets people who want to distribute drugs, profit from drug sales and ingest illegal drugs. That includes drug kingpins and local drug dealers.

Oh really? In 2000, there were 750,000 arrests involving marijuana. Over 90 percent were for simple possession. Not for selling, not for providing to minors, not for unsafe behavior. That was over HALF of ALL drug arrests. Do you care to even acknowledge the facts?

The NDCS isn't aimed at law abiding citizens.

Oh really? That's why 76 year old women are being evicted from their HUD housing because their grandchildren are caught with drugs 3 blocks away from the project?

Across the board drug legalization has minuscule support here in the US.

First off, there is a significant differnece between legalization and decriminilization. I get the feeling you dont distinguish. Second, to the extent that you might be meaning ANY law that dulls the current drug laws, you're WAY wrong. Sure, most people dont want crack to be legal, but most people know that marijuana is safer than alcohol and that it really doesnt make any sense for it to be criminal.

Unlike, the cavalier approach that most Europeans take towards drug use, Americans understand the destructive and immoral nature of the beast.

This is the comment of someone whose never been to Europe. There are plenty of people against drugs in Europe. Your morality comment is interesting. I didn't realize that the Constitution was meant to be side-stepped when people decide that freedoms arent important if its the freedom to do something they consider immoral.

The pure ignorance involved in concluding that Marijuana is "immoral" but alcohol is ok is astounding.

Americans also understand how hard core drugs, ravage the minds of users over time, especially the developing intellectual and emotional capacity of our children.

What do you consider to be a hard core drug?

If you expect drugs, like cocaine, heroin and marijuana, to be legalized here in America, you're fooling yourself. Americans continue to support intervention and incarceration, to counter illicit drug use.

In case you arent reading the news, the majority of Americans are IN FAVOR of medical marijuana, which is contrary to your claim. Likewise, the majority of Americans are NOT in favor of jail time for recreational marijuana users.

[BlackbirdSST]

The NDCS isn't aimed at law abiding citizens. All it takes is a phone call Reagan Man, care to quit hiding behind your sreen name and post your address? I'll set something up for your "Law abiding" ass, say around 2AM, no knock and guns ablazing. See it's about potheads today, it'll be about you tomorrow, lackey! The beast label you try to put on "drugs", would be better served if you recognized the real beast, your gubmint. Tighten your boot straps. Blackbird.