Question by : Should there be stricter narcotics laws?
I say yes, because drugs like, lsd, crack, pot, heroin,etc. ruin the american family life and take away the lives of innocent youth when they are in their prime. They also hurt the economy because dealers get their money illegally.
Would it be better if there was stricter penalties for the use, distribution, and possession of narcotics?
There are unheard deaths everyday due to narcotics.
Whether it’s auto or health more people would die if narcotics were legalized.
I think police should beat anyone who uses, distributes, and possesses an illegal substance.
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Answer by ThisGuy
No. If anything, they are too strict as it is. Billion’s of tax dollars are wasted keeping people locked up for small time charges. I’d rather you legalize it, regulate it, tax it and get rid of the crime aspect all together.
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#1 by Truth search on January 27, 2012 - 9:34 am
No,the drug war has not worked;as prohibition on alcohol did not work.This site below from actual officers can explain it better than I can.
#2 by barry w on January 27, 2012 - 9:40 am
Remember the 18th amendment? Prohibition was repealed December 5,1933 with the 21st amendment. Prohibition didn’t work then and doesn’t work now.
#3 by ec911dude on January 27, 2012 - 10:06 am
No. What would be really great? Is that we ENFORCE the laws we currently have. I get sick of lawmakers passing laws on top of laws to make something they deem to be especially offensive “more illegal” than it was before. Doesn’t work. Never has. A stricter law is no deterrent for those who would make a fine living on breaking it. We need to enforce what we’ve got. Consistently. We suck at that as a country. Slap the gavel, slap a fine, slap on some community service or probation and slap em on the ass as they walk out the door. You’ll see them again. Guaranteed. Always do. Nothing ever changes in that regard.
#4 by brucec83 on January 27, 2012 - 10:40 am
No. The US has too high a percentage of people in prison as it is. True deterrence isn’t in the severity of the punishment, but in certainty of detection. Hire more agents and make the maximum punishment for possession and use, a $100 fine and medical treatment. Prosecute dealers for felony tax evasion and RICO violations. If their drugs or gang activities lead to a death, then for murder.
#5 by Big Joe on January 27, 2012 - 11:34 am
The only thing ruining American families is America itself. I am good friends with a family who all sit down after dinner and smoke weed. They are doing nothing wrong. Its time America minds their own business.
#6 by Joshua on January 27, 2012 - 12:26 pm
Quite the opposite actually. If you look at Prohibition of alcohol in the 1920′s you will see that making something illegal will actually increase the demand.
#7 by gerry mac on January 27, 2012 - 12:41 pm
Simple law enforcement is not the answer to what is a huge industry that preys on a mental illness. The individual addict is to my mind where we need to address our resources
#8 by magpieix A.L.M.N. on January 27, 2012 - 1:32 pm
Billions of dollars and thousands of lives have been wasted in the idiotic “War on Drugs”.
Stricter laws are not necessary–sensible laws and reasonable enforcement are what are necessary.
#9 by Uber on January 27, 2012 - 1:39 pm
i think there should be no drug laws. if you do something to your body it is up to you and it is wrong to be told otherwise.