drug abuse in the US

2008-07-01 12:30:19

#1

steelie34: pub hero!; +603|6803|the land of bourbon

lol i'm not surprised at these findings:

"The United States leads the world in rates of experimenting with marijuana and cocaine despite strict drug laws, World Health Organization researchers said on Tuesday. Countries with looser drug laws have lower rates of abuse, the researchers report in the Public Library of Science journal PLoS Medicine."

source

good thing we spend so much money on our drug war when it seems like making drug use legal would solve the problem. ironic?

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2008-07-01 12:31:34

#2

Parker: isteal; +1,452|6816|The Gem Saloon

dont get me started on the "war on drugs".

its almost as laughable as "the war on terror" has become......

2008-07-01 12:34:07

#3

steelie34: pub hero!; +603|6803|the land of bourbon

Parker wrote:
dont get me started on the "war on drugs".

its almost as laughable as "the war on terror" has become......

yep, i did a poll a while ago about which one was the bigger waste... but at least we gain some technological advances in the war on terror?

2008-07-01 12:38:29

#4

jsnipy: ...; +3,277|6944|...

1. Make it legal
2. Tax it to death
3. ?????
4. Profit

2008-07-01 12:49:23

#5

HurricaИe: Banned; +877|6383|Washington DC

jsnipy wrote:
1. Make it legal
2. Tax it to death
3. ?????
4. Profit

I've always had a crazy idea in the back of my head that I should grow tons of weed, then wait until it's legalized. Then have it all packaged and ready to ship immediately following legalization. Hurriboros, I'll call them. Or Hurricanes.

2008-07-01 12:53:00

#6

zeidmaan: Member; +234|6836|Vienna

thats because USA has many Mexicans and its all their fault.... ALL THEIR FAULT. At least thats what I heard from some people here...

2008-07-01 13:41:50

#7

PureFodder: Member; +225|6707

HurricaИe wrote:
jsnipy wrote:
1. Make it legal
2. Tax it to death
3. ?????
4. Profit
I've always had a crazy idea in the back of my head that I should grow tons of weed, then wait until it's legalized. Then have it all packaged and ready to ship immediately following legalization. Hurriboros, I'll call them. Or Hurricanes.

Supposedly Malboro has a line of weed cigarettes named, designed, and marketing prepared ready to go as soon as any laws are changed.

2008-07-01 15:19:39

#8

FEOS: Bellicose Yankee Air Pirate; +1,182|6832|'Murka

The DoD's counternarcotics budget is 0.2% (for FY2006) of the overall DoD authorization.

Not like we're (relatively) spending much at all on the "war on drugs".

“Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.”
― Albert Einstein
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2008-07-01 15:23:09

#9

steelie34: pub hero!; +603|6803|the land of bourbon

FEOS wrote:
The DoD's counternarcotics budget is 0.2% (for FY2006) of the overall DoD authorization.

Not like we're (relatively) spending much at all on the "war on drugs".

926 mil isnt pennies...

2008-07-01 22:11:00

#10

BVC: Member; +325|7117

Apparently we in NZ have the second-highest rate of cocaine usage. Island nation in the middle of, and on the way to nowhere has higher usage than anywhere in Europe? I call bullshit.

2008-07-02 02:08:13

#11

FEOS: Bellicose Yankee Air Pirate; +1,182|6832|'Murka

steelie34 wrote:
FEOS wrote:
The DoD's counternarcotics budget is 0.2% (for FY2006) of the overall DoD authorization.

Not like we're (relatively) spending much at all on the "war on drugs".
926 mil isnt pennies...

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/relatively

I used that word for a reason.

“Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.”
― Albert Einstein
Doing the popular thing is not always right. Doing the right thing is not always popular

2008-07-02 02:17:20

#12

Dilbert_X: The X stands for; +1,822|6527|eXtreme to the maX

The DoD's counternarcotics budget is 0.2% (for FY2006) of the overall DoD authorization.

Not like we're (relatively) spending much at all on the "war on drugs".

Its not only the DoD spending money countering drugs.
Also its in part 'relatively' little because you're spending such colossal amounts on the war of terror.
Afghanistan is producing record amounts BTW.

Fuck Israel

2008-07-02 02:18:52

#13

FEOS: Bellicose Yankee Air Pirate; +1,182|6832|'Murka

Dilbert_X wrote:
The DoD's counternarcotics budget is 0.2% (for FY2006) of the overall DoD authorization.

Not like we're (relatively) spending much at all on the "war on drugs".
Its not only the DoD spending money countering drugs.
Also its in part 'relatively' little because you're spending such colossal amounts on the war of terror.
Afghanistan is producing record amounts BTW.

Even before the WOT, it was a relatively little amount.

“Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.”
― Albert Einstein
Doing the popular thing is not always right. Doing the right thing is not always popular

2008-07-02 02:22:46

#14

Dilbert_X: The X stands for; +1,822|6527|eXtreme to the maX

It would be a whole lot easier for everyone, the US included, if the US could stop consuming such colossal quantities of both drugs and oil.
One trillion dollars on drug interdiction, border control and fuel efficiency.
Just need to work out how Dick Cheney can get rich off it and we're done

Fuck Israel

2008-07-02 02:33:29

#15

FEOS: Bellicose Yankee Air Pirate; +1,182|6832|'Murka

Dilbert_X wrote:
It would be a whole lot easier for everyone, the US included, if the US could stop consuming such colossal quantities of both drugs and oil.

No argument from me on that.

“Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.”
― Albert Einstein
Doing the popular thing is not always right. Doing the right thing is not always popular

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