TYT: GAO Report - US Wastes Billions In War On Drugs In Mexico (w/ New Blog)

[ihavenobias]

Run time: 05:32 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y8gb4oMX010   Posted on YouTube: July 29, 2010 By YouTube Member: TheYoungTurks Views on YouTube: 302   Posted on DU: July 29, 2010 By DU Member: ihavenobias Views on DU: 761

 
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[Plucketeer]

1. Absolutely!

We need to STOP denying our druggies the stuff they want/need! We need to fly it in from the source countries and hand it out for free to those over 18. The cost of transportation, testing for purity and the eventual distribution would be minescule compared to the lives and treasure saved that are otherwise lost in the stupid "war".
Besides that, if you're stupid enough to use the shit - your "flawed reasoning" genes will be eliminated from the overall gene pool. We'd ALL benefit from that!

[PapaSmurf2]

2. !!

I am proud to say i purchase all of my herb from legitimate legal sources!! (medical :P )

If you dont live in a state fortunate enough to hand out medical cards like candy, then always buy from mom and pop operations, help keep it a cottage industry.

[activa8tr]

3. Glad to see Cenk will be on MSNBC AGAIN!!!!

[SouthernLiberal]

4. Nothing surprising here

It has been very clear to me for a long time that the point of the "War on Drugs" is not to stop the use of illegal drugs in this country. No, the point is to be SEEN fighting the "War on Drugs". If there were ever an effective mechanism used that stopped or vastly reduced the use of illegal drugs, there would be no further need for this "War".

[toppertwot]

5. But we need the drug war

to help form a more perfect corporate fascist state. Also, what will corporations do without all that free prison SLAVE labor? Plus, if the administration wanted to stop drugs, why is it that our very own solders in Afghanistan guard the Poppy fields and help prosess herion? MARIJUANA FROM MEXICO - BAD - HERION FROM AFGHANISTAN - GOOD?

[Turborama]

6. K&R! Thoroughly recommend reading the article, too

Thanks for posting, man.

[20score]

7. And thanks again! Absolutely right!

We need to start making the drug war zealots into pariah. They have cost us hundreds of billions and ruined millions of lives.

[Bullet1987]

8. The War on Drugs is the worse public policy EVER in modern American History

How long will it take for us to realize the stupidity of the War on Terror? Both "wars" started by Republicans.