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They can't fix it, Michael. It's an integral part of their system to
criminalize use of soft drugs, to hand out ridiculous sentences to those
who use soft drugs, so that those people can be used in the
commercialised prison industry as a kind of legalised slave labour.


Actually, Wilko, it is worse than this. The drug wars are extremely
profitable to the importers of drugs. Were the drugs decriminalized, or
worse, socialized, the prices would drop through the table, the profits
would disappear, and those who are really pushing the crap (including
the CIA, who ran one of the largest drug distribution industries in the
world, and who may do still), would lose money. Al Capone was in favor
of Prohibition, not against it. It made him millions and he did
everything he could, even spend his "hard earned cash" to ensure that
government was in no hurry to legalize alcohol. This is a lesson that
was well learned in 1920, but forgotten by 1930.

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The enormous amounts of money wasted by the DEA and other agencies to
try to stem the flow of drugs have not worked at all in the past
decades, and I doubt that the so called "War on drugs" has been
beneficial for anyone but the increasing budget of the DEA and the
increased income of the drug cartels due to the very high price of drugs
on the street.


But it keeps the hypocritical politicians from admitting that the drug
wars are lost, and "supporting the use of drugs by US citizens." Sadly,
many of these invidiuals are in the business of taking PAC money from
the same individuals who are operating the drug import business. As Mark
Twain said, "...it's the best government that money can buy."

Rick