[yukoncpa]

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You're right. What makes the war on drugs completely sickening is the billions of dollars we spend on it, the tens of thousands of people we needlessly put in jail for it, the catalyst it has been for increasing the potency of the drugs on the street, the increases in gangs and general violence it has encouraged, and the fact that it HAS DONE NOTHING to decrease use or availability of drugs!

If this is not a failure, there's never been one. And we keep. Doing. It. I once thought that the only way our government would ever start changing course would be if they declared "War on war on stuff." - but then I realized how terribly their wars on stuff turn out, so we'd probably end up with MORE wars on stuff.


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The War on Drugs has been a positive thing for certain businesses. For example, it feeds a thriving slave market in the U.S.

I recently worked for 2 non profits. One that actually helps people - a food bank. I volunteered my time and the experience was gratifying, the people were fun to work with, and for a little labor I felt a huge sense of accomplishment. The other - a discount store. I was forced to work there as a result of a marijuana conviction. This experience was anything but pleasant. I was bruised and sore every day. The employers were jerks especially to the Mexican offenders. One rule that was strictly enforced was that I could never sit down during an eight hour period except for lunch. I had to squat down over and over to sort coat hangers, when pulling up a bench and sitting would have allowed me to do the work quicker. But as these people paid very few employees, they didn’t care how efficient the work was.

As a former CPA, I did a lot of work for non-profits, that were very much profit oriented. Profits were simply siphoned off in the form of wages and contract labor, etc. Businesses opt for non-profit status for cheap labor and in some states, for the ability to provide gambling games.