Want to fight terrorism and protect human rights? Legalize drugs.

[ck4829]

I'm a Muslim, even though I don't drink or do drugs, I am in support of the legalization of certain types of drugs.

This War on Drugs is the same as Prohibition in the 30's. It didn't work out and it created organized crime groups.

It doesn't work out now either.

Cartels, Gangs, and Terrorist Organizations all over the world are funded by drugs.

This New Age Prohibition creates a very High Demand for Drugs and nefarious forces are willing to sell these drugs to fund their operations.

[marmar]

1. I'm right there with you...

Take the pragmatic Dutch approach. People are going to smoke marijuana no matter what you do, so take the money out of it and take the dealers and gangs out of it.

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

That is the way to go

I have lived my life in southern Illinois and in Arkansas, usually in "dry" counties. When one county I lived in went "wet", they found that the amount of crime, including DWI, went way down. Why? Because the bars came out in the open, and the people selling liquor are regulated as to who buys and how intoxicated they are allowed to become.

[KitchenWitch]

5. AND collect taxes from their sale!

[unpossibles]

8. another excellent point. n/t

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

2. As salaam alaikum

Like you, my brother, I don't drink or do drugs. But I see abuse of these to be a medical problem. It doesn't make sense to make drugs illegal-the high prices of drugs like meth tempt many in the rural poverty stricken areas to attempt making it-I think that many who abuse this drug might not have started except for the promise of big bucks.

[ck4829]

3. I too see addiction as a medical problem

Take addicts out of the prisons, and take them to the Doctor and the Psychologist (Because Addiction can be treated by them too) instead.

[billbuckhead]

6. Europe's tough on guns and progressive on victimless crime

The difference in the results are startling. America has the highest murder rate of industrialized nations and the highest incarceration rate.

<http://www.nationmaster.com/graph-T/cri_mur_wit_fir_cap>
<http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/Incarceration#World_prison_populations>

[blm]

4. Right there with you.

The only people who don't want natural drugs legalized are drug manufacturers and alcohol companies.

And of course, the fundy theocrats.

[unpossibles]

7. I agree 100%

and will go further - not only do many drugs support terrorism (many do not, especially things grown/made locally and sold locally), but the only people who benefit from the prohibition are criminals and crooked cops/officials, just like the last one. Alcohol Prohibition made Al Capone and others like him very rich. Let's stop the madness.

Another analogy - like many of my friends, I drank a lot more before I turned 21. Was it because it was forbidden? Partially. And frankly, it was not that hard to get, legal or not.