Pubilshed March 07, 2011 by Melanie Marshall

I want our police to spend time on crimes that always produce real victims. If ending the drug war means more crimes in other areas, that is sad for those victims but at least there'll be a heck of a lot more time available to help those victims and their families - End the drug war now, please! Thank you!

Pubilshed March 07, 2011 by Rand

@Melanie, as Dr. Ruwart stated, with re-legalization, the gang wars end or at least are greatly reduced as one of the primary reasons for fighting is taken away. Because the drugs would be available at a vastly lower cost on the open market, the obscene profit that draws the organized crime is no longer there so they either go legit or fold, and the need to steal for the drug money would be greatly reduced. With re-legalized drugs, those people that were hooked on the drugs would have a legal avenue to pursue for help without worrying about prosecution, so would be more likely to seek help and emerge as a productive member of society. It is highly unlikely that ending the drug wars would just mean transferring the same level of crimes to other areas, as the reason for committing the crime is now gone. What it will mean is a vast reduction in expense relating to prosecuting the drug wars, releasing 10s of thousands of people as newly productive members of society instead of incarcerating them in jail for the victemless "crime" of private use of drugs, enables the remaining police to concentrate on preventing or solving the real crimes.

Pubilshed March 07, 2011 by Brian from Texas

Ironically, after Prohibition was repealed, many bootleggers went into the legitimate alcoholic beverage industry. Alliance Distributers, Seagrams, Capitol Wine & Spirits were founded or co-founded by the likes of Frank Costello, Bugsy Siegel and Canadian bootlegger Samuel Bronfman.

Pubilshed March 08, 2011 by research

cheaper weed means druggies can buy stuff to clean their houses more. haha

Pubilshed March 11, 2011 by Ed Burley

To truly put an end to organized crime, we also need to fully legalize prostitution, pornography (except for child porn, of course), and gambling. It is also the same with immigration...if we liberalized the laws, the border patrol could actually spend time catching real criminals along the border.

Pubilshed February 02, 2012 by Moppigefliele

Pubilshed September 15, 2012 by Asep

Hello. I work with a drug treatment ceentr here in Jacksonville that actually has a family addiction treatment program. The roles families play in recovery are very important! I have included a link to the treatment ceentr's information about the program. I hope that helps.