Why do we spend 40+ billion a year on the war drugs with absolutely no signs of improvement ever?

Question

You take 1 off the streets, in comes another 10. This cycle is perpetual and history and statistics show it's only getting worse regardless how much we spend.

So I ask, why spend 40 billion a year if the streets are no safer, you're not reducing the amount dealers or crime, in fact the war increases those numbers by making more business for them.

What good comes out of the 40 billion in tax dollars we spend each year? Are there any pros at all to the war on drugs, this is a serious question?

Answer 1

As you say off comes one in comes 2 0r more.

Like prohibition it is an unending battle.

Solutions? If you legalize it then what free clinics?

Answer 2

Because the media and the government feel that if they pump us full of this anti-drug propaganda (Just say no, Above the influence, Reefer Madness, etc.), people will actually believe that drugs are horrible and have no problem letting the government rape them of their tax dollars. Sadly, most people buy into this, choosing to go with the norm, rather than against the grain. This "War on Drugs" BS is never going to end, it never worked, and it's never going to work. You'd think Prohibition of Alcohol would have told them something, but I guess not. I guess something that kills an average of 75,000 people a year is less dangerous than something that in it's thousands of years of existence, including use as therapy from Chemotherapy, has never had a SINGLE case of death due to usage.

Answer 3

The "War on drugs" isn't a war on drugs; it's a war on poor people with drug problems. Cops aren't going out arresting big time suppliers, they're out arresting potheads and crackheads on Main St. We may spend $40 billion a year but it's benefiting the cops, the DA's, the judges, the politicians, the lawyers, etc. The $40B we spend goes straight to the government for their "War on drugs". Personally i don't think i should be paying taxes to a cause i don't believe in. I would rather my money going to child predator stings.

Answer 4

I don't know about this one. I understand what your saying, I do. But at what point do we give up? And are we always going to just give up when we are loosing at something? What kind of p***y *** country would we be if we just rolled over every time we were loosing something? And what would it be like if we did just give up? No doubt much worst than it is now, right?



I like how a certain poster just assumes "the war on drugs" is only marijuana. What about crack, meth, pcp, heroin, etc? Do we really want to just legalize those drugs?



And to the man who says "no deaths due to usage", ummm, maybe you mean no overdose, but there have been plenty of deaths from accidents and negligence, from marijuana usage.



I know all you pro potters will thumbs down me, and to the OP, again, I do see your points, but I hope you see mine as well.

Answer 5

Well the government will never win the drugs on war even thou i wish there was no such thing as drugs but drugs are in demaned and as long as there is a huge profit and market for them people will break the law and sell them to any one.



The goverment no's this but have to at least scare people only if it is a few if you do break the law and do drugs or sell them you will be fined or jailed.