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3. No, the drug war is.

Reply to friendly_iconoclast (Original post)

Fri Dec 21, 2012, 01:19 AM

Dec 2012

The drug war has created the black market that allows criminals and gangs to reap enormous, tax-free profits instead of legitimate, regulated businesses.

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Poll: Are all illegal drug users responsible for drug gang violence? [View all] friendly_iconoclast Dec 2012 OP

Yes, just as you are responsible for child labor BainsBane Dec 2012 #1

No. Prohibition is responsible for the gangs. MrSlayer Dec 2012 #2

+1 nt Live and Learn Dec 2012 #6

No, the drug war is. NYC Liberal Dec 2012 #3

If ALL drug users stopped using, would drug-trafficking violence marybourg Dec 2012 #4

If all people stopped breathing, all genocide would end. Kurska Dec 2012 #18

If ALL countries ended drug prohibition, would drug trafficking violence end? Comrade Grumpy Dec 2012 #21

Bullshit. cheapdate Dec 2012 #5

Are you kidding? letemrot Dec 2012 #9

Wow, you must not have been reading much. n/t cherokeeprogressive Dec 2012 #11

How quickly they forget-here you go: friendly_iconoclast Dec 2012 #12

I stand corrected. I feel stupid, and contagious. cheapdate Dec 2012 #13

...Here we are now, entertain us!... friendly_iconoclast Dec 2012 #17

Reach much? 99Forever Dec 2012 #7

About as much as the anti-gun people are.. letemrot Dec 2012 #10

Post removed Post removed Dec 2012 #8

not 100%, but culpability is shared. closeupready Dec 2012 #14

Most RIDICULOUS Post of the year. n/t RomneyLies Dec 2012 #15

No, but they contribute to acceptance of the illicit drug market HereSince1628 Dec 2012 #16

The only thing that does that is prohibition. n/t Kurska Dec 2012 #19

By definition, of course. That's what makes the market illicit. HereSince1628 Dec 2012 #20