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Joanne98 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-26-10 11:32 AM Original message |
Portugal's drug policy pays off; US eyes lessons |
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RKP5637 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-26-10 11:35 AM Response to Original message |
1. Exactly. US = United Stupidity n/t |
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BeFree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-26-10 11:44 AM Response to Reply #1 |
4. We Are Numb. er. one. |
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tabatha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-26-10 11:41 AM Response to Original message |
2. If the Obama admin can institute something like this |
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sarcasmo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-26-10 11:43 AM Response to Original message |
3. The prison system in this country makes way to much money for this to happen here. |
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nosmokes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-26-10 11:56 AM Response to Reply #3 |
6. Not to mention the money being made by the DEA, other fed agencies and |
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sarcasmo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-26-10 01:07 PM Response to Reply #6 |
12. This article shows the power of our DEA across the World. |
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theaocp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-26-10 11:45 AM Response to Original message |
5. ANY drug czar will not |
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FreakinDJ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-26-10 12:06 PM Response to Original message |
7. Think of the Money we would save on Incarceration alone |
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Webster Green (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-26-10 12:06 PM Response to Original message |
8. So, our fascist drug czar traveled to Portugal to check it out. |
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truedelphi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-26-10 04:52 PM Response to Reply #8 |
14. How legislation works in America: |
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loudsue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-27-10 10:12 AM Response to Reply #14 |
28. The bush crime family is one of the biggest drug cartels in the USA. |
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truedelphi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-27-10 05:53 PM Response to Reply #28 |
34. Ain't it the truth? |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-26-10 10:35 PM Response to Reply #8 |
18. Law requires just that. |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-26-10 12:12 PM Response to Original message |
9. "Follow the money." |
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NV Whino (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-26-10 12:30 PM Response to Original message |
10. Well, at least someone is thinking about it |
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northernlights (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-26-10 12:37 PM Response to Original message |
11. 15 years? More like since Prohibition...the war on alcohol was our first lesson |
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kath (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-27-10 01:40 AM Response to Reply #11 |
19. And now we've got the stoopid war on alcohol for young adults |
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sulphurdunn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-26-10 02:15 PM Response to Original message |
13. Who wants drug law reform here? |
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riverbendviewgal (377 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-26-10 07:13 PM Response to Original message |
15. William F. Buckley gave a speech on the lost war |
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quakerboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-27-10 11:15 AM Response to Reply #15 |
31. Yup. Wonder how many Tea Party |
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BrklynLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-26-10 09:43 PM Response to Original message |
16. People are makinmg money off the war on drugs..as they are on all the wars we are fighting |
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kath (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-27-10 01:41 AM Response to Reply #16 |
20. Yeppers. It 's always all about the money. |
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azul (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-26-10 10:25 PM Response to Original message |
17. Funding for black ops in CIA territority is a no go. |
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cowcommander (679 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-27-10 01:47 AM Response to Original message |
21. In order for this to work, we need UHC first |
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obxhead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-27-10 01:51 AM Response to Original message |
22. 4 Presidents have formed commissions to study marijuana laws. |
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progressoid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-27-10 11:08 AM Response to Reply #22 |
29. I never expect a good outcoume any time a commission is formed. |
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obxhead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-27-10 11:13 AM Response to Reply #29 |
30. I'm starting to think commission |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-27-10 02:03 AM Response to Original message |
23. Agree ... way US should be going .... |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-27-10 04:03 AM Response to Original message |
24. Our unemployment rate would be far worse if a large chunk of employees |
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Le Taz Hot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-27-10 06:37 AM Response to Original message |
25. Don't look now, but |
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dorkulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-27-10 07:50 AM Response to Original message |
26. Our last 3 presidents have smoked pot. Last 2 have done coke. |
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reggie the dog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-27-10 09:28 AM Response to Reply #26 |
27. because they know that as they look in the mirror and do a line |
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kath (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-27-10 05:56 PM Response to Reply #27 |
35. Yep - if you're poor, you go to jail. If you're Noelle Bush, not so much. |
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maryf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-27-10 11:19 AM Response to Original message |
32. But, but, how will we maintain the slave labor force in our prisons... |
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felix_numinous (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-27-10 11:28 AM Response to Original message |
33. War is sold |
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RainDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-27-10 07:50 PM Response to Original message |
36. Maybe Republicans and Democrats can be persuaded to spend less money on failed policy |
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