Drug pushers like Deckard don't care that the drugs he pushes to be legal are used to buy weapons and murder many innocent people.

No one is scratching their head. The solution is simple. Use the U.S. military and go into Mexico and kill all the drug cartel people. All of them dead.

And sure enough, the re-legalization of booze put them all out of business.

That was the promise. But when alcohol was made legal they simply switched to selling illegal drugs and stayed in business. What? Did you think they were going to get real jobs?

Now here we are again with yet another promise that if we would just legalize ALL drugs the bad guys will be put out of business. Fool me once, shame on me ...

I ain't buyin' it. Plus, how is legalizing alcohol -- the leading cause of death and disease worldwide -- working out?

Drug pushers like Deckard don't care that the drugs he pushes to be legal are used to buy weapons and murder many innocent people.

You missed the point. Legal drugs mean the cost of those drugs goes way down to the point where being involved in their sale doesn't pay much money with which to buy weapons. Though if the drugs are legal, then there's no reason to buy weapons.

No one is scratching their head. The solution is simple. Use the U.S. military and go into Mexico and kill all the drug cartel people. All of them dead.

Is that how the US military destroyed the Taliban and Al Qaeda (ignoring the fact that these two groups are still there?) Even ISIS is still there after being mostly run out of Syria by the Russians and Assad.

Hundreds of thousands have been killed in Mexico, but don't think for a minute that the cartels have not lost people. Indeed they have in fighting each other and the Mexican military & police, corrupt or not. Yet still the cartels are there, so no, a military approach won't solve a thing. Attacking economically via drug decriminalization is the only thing that will work. No it doesn't mean drug addiction goes away. But it does mean the violence goes away, and that leaves drug addiction as only a social and educational issue, and not a criminal or military issue.

It's the only solution.

You missed the point. Legal drugs mean the cost of those drugs goes way down to the point where being involved in their sale doesn't pay much money with which to buy weapons. Though if the drugs are legal, then there's no reason to buy weapons.

I'll put you down for legalizing heroin, crack, cocaine, meth etc.

I guess you don't give a shit about the human toll that your drug legalization fantasy would involve.

Ok all your drugs are now legal. Who is liable when someone overdoese? You since you want it legal?

Is that how the US military destroyed the Taliban and Al Qaeda (ignoring the fact that these two groups are still there?) Even ISIS is still there after being mostly run out of Syria by the Russians and Assad.

Isis controls no territory. Do that to the evil drug cartels kill them all. They are evil and doing great harm to our country. But you want legal drugs so I don't think you care. If they overdose they get reincarnated or something and come back again and again. Right.

Hundreds of thousands have been killed in Mexico, but don't think for a minute that the cartels have not lost people. Indeed they have in fighting each other and the Mexican military & police, corrupt or not. Yet still the cartels are there, so no, a military approach won't solve a thing.

Us yes a military approach IS the solution. Kill all the evil drug dealers in Mexico or here that sell Meth, Heroin, crack, cocaine. They are a threat to our national security. So just becauese you said "so no, a military approach won't solve a thing" doesn't mean shit. Just because people have died on both sides doesn't mean what you said. That is not logical and is a fantasy.

Attacking economically via drug decriminalization is the only thing that will work.

Lets make drugs plentiful and cheap is not the solution to destroy the United States. It is no solution at all. It is infantile and retarded.

But it does mean the violence goes away,

No it doesn't. People steal soda pops that cost 50 cents. Violence DOES NOT GO AWAY. But you do have more addicts. More despair. More broken families.

Crush the drug cartels leave none alive. They are the definition of evil. Profiting off peoples weaknesses and making billions. Death to them.

It's the only solution.

It is not a solution but a suicide. Suicide is not a solution.

I guess you don't give a shit about the human toll that your drug legalization fantasy would involve.

I guess you can't read, Stone. The human toll is exactly why I'm stating that legalization is the only solution. I guess you're happy seeing the hundreds of thousands of more people die as things go on without change.

What you propose is the very definition of insanity. What do you expect to change?

Yes, people will die of drug overdoses, just as they die now from alcohol abuse. But at least those people will have chosen to abuse drugs, and there won't be any more young women and children abducted into the sex trafficking world to satisfy hyper wealthy drug kingpins. That is what you are okay with, apparently. Seeing how you are more than happy to declare sinners and rebels against God to be cunts and shits and stuff of that nature, I'd think you'd be happy to see drug addicts die of overdoses so that should be okay with you.

No it doesn't. People steal soda pops that cost 50 cents. Violence DOES NOT GO AWAY. But you do have more addicts. More despair. More broken families.

No soda pop thief is going to be able to afford scores of hit men to go around and kill people.

This video you posted really does make my case. The money MUST be cut off, and the only way it will be cut off is to decriminalize drugs. It's the only, only, only way. Return responsibility for living right to the individual people. Let churches and whatever other charitable organizations fight it. Give people a choice to be smart or be stupid. Even if it would mean more drug abuse, I'd think you'd be okay with that as it would let you rail against more drug addicts as haters of God, which seems to be something you enjoy doing a very great deal!

This is not something a "kill them all" approach will solve. The war on drugs has been going on since the 70's and it's still going on. Even homeless people in California can get drugs! You live in a fantasy world.

I guess you can't read, Stone. The human toll is exactly why I'm stating that legalization is the only solution. I guess you're happy seeing the hundreds of thousands of more people die as things go on without change.

Your solution is more drug use. That isn't a solution. More hopeless addicts. Your idea doesn't solve anything and makes things worse.

What you propose is the very definition of insanity. What do you expect to change?

That isn't the definition of insanity. This is -extreme foolishness or irrationality. I would like to see all the drug cartels destroyed then they can't ut people into little pieces anymore.

It is insane to legalize heroin, crack, meth, angel dust, pcp. You are out of your mind.

This video you posted really does make my case. The money MUST be cut off, and the only way it will be cut off is to decriminalize drugs.

It made no such case quit pretending. We have legal pills and we have an opioid crisis. So no case was made. It does meet your definition of insanity though.

Yes, people will die of drug overdoses, just as they die now from alcohol abuse. But at least those people will have chosen to abuse drugs, and there won't be any more young women and children abducted into the sex trafficking world to satisfy hyper wealthy drug kingpins.

So if we legalize heroin, crack, pcp, meth etc the sex traficking industry will dry up and die. Don't kid yourself. That is not true and you know it. So why did you write it?

I'd think you'd be happy to see drug addicts die of overdoses so that should be okay with you.

Well you couldn't be more wrong. We are all human and make mistakes. I'm not Grandisland. You seem to be ok with it though because you said it is their choice. Yeah it is a 13 year olds choice when they got hooked on drugs because some assclown philosopher thinks it will make the world a better place. Then they go on living a nightmare life.

I will put you down on championing immoral pretend rights.

Even if it would mean more drug abuse,

Admission that more drug use would occur and you said it is ok because they chose it. Well when they get chemically hooked they have a hard time making good choices because the chemical takes over. Oh well someones kid got hooked on meth at 15 who cares they chose it. That is anti society and pro anarchy.

This is not something a "kill them all" approach will solve. The war on drugs has been going on since the 70's and it's still going on. Even homeless people in California can get drugs! You live in a fantasy world.

Actually I live in the real world her in the United States. Drugs ruin peoples lives and you are ok increasing that exponentially. Wake up and quit being dumb.

Seeing how you are more than happy to declare sinners and rebels against God to be cunts and shits and stuff of that nature

People who murder their children and people who promote it are cunts and pieces of shit. Anyone who disagrees is a wack job.

Here is a short balanced story on Portugal's experience with decriminalization.

They decriminalized the possession of small amounts of addictive substances, enough that an individual would typically use in 10 day’s time. They legalized nothing. It’s still illegal to use drugs. But being a drug user is treated as a health problem, not a criminal problem.

They also didn’t decriminalize drug dealing or trafficking. A person with more than a personal supply of a drug will still be treated like a criminal. There was no intention that drugs should be allowed to freely wash through Portuguese communities.

From Wikipedia:

• Increased uptake of treatment (roughly 60% increase as of 2012.)
• Reduction in new HIV diagnoses amongst drug users by 17% and a general drop of 90% in drug-related HIV infection
• Reduction in drug related deaths, although this reduction has decreased in later years. The number of drug related deaths is now almost on the same level as before the drug strategy was implemented. However, this may be accounted for by improvement in measurement practices, which includes a doubling of toxicological autopsies now being performed, meaning that more drugs related deaths are likely to be recorded.
• Drug use among adolescents (13-15 yrs) and "problematic" users declined.
• Drug-related criminal justice workloads decreased.
• Decreased street value of most illicit drugs, some significantly
• The number of drug related deaths has reduced from 131 in 2001 to 20 in 2008. As of 2012, Portugal's drug death toll sat at 3 per million, in comparison to the EU average of 17.3 per million.