We lost the first war on drugs.

[anonymoose]

He is correct that we're losing the war. Not a dent in the drug problem in the US.

How would you suggest we win it?

 

[AProudLefty]

How would you suggest we win it?

By ending the War on Drugs and have more treatments and regulations.

We've been doing well since the Prohibition ended. No more mobs.

 

[anonymoose]

By ending the War on Drugs and have more treatments

Involuntarily treatments?

and regulations.

Drugs are already heavily regulated. How would you regulate them more?

 

[AProudLefty]

Involuntarily treatments?

Ask Portugal. They've had some success.

Drugs are already heavily regulated. How would you regulate them more?

What do you mean? They are criminalized, not regulated.

 

[anonymoose]

Ask Portugal. They've had some success.

And Oregon hasn’t. Why do you think it hasn’t worked there?

What do you mean? They are criminalized, not regulated.

That’s what I meant.

 

[AProudLefty]

And Oregon hasn’t. Why do you think it hasn’t worked there?

It's a process. There's hybrid approach for now.

That’s what I meant.

Ok.

It's a fact that the War on Drugs has been a failure. It has created drug cartels and gun trafficking.