how should drug crime be tackled ?
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I would much rather see the murders caught then seeing a drug bust for marijuana.\n\nI think for harder drugs they should provide more help for possession then incarceration.  These people are addicted--not criminals.\n\nFor the dealers I believe in incarceration, counseling, education, and rehab for these people.  They should know about the lives they have ruined--by dealing to a child who OD and died.  They should deal with the consequences of their actions.\n\nI feel the system is not working well.  To many times do these addicts and dealers get out to do the same things again.
327200
Hey cam, you moron, is having drugs be illegal keeping people from getting them?? Obviously not since you can tell that story.\n\nLegalize everything.  You should be able to buy anything in the same way you can buy hard liquor, whatever the rules are in your state.\n\nDrug prohibition does not work, just like alcohol prohibition did not.  Anyone stupid enough to use drugs should be allowed to, it's called thinning the herd.
811897
The current drug laws really don't make sense and your idea has merit. There are always going to be drug users. Decrimiinalization will not make more drug users. It will reduce petty crime and strike a serious blow to organized crime.\n\nUnfortunately, it would also make tens of thousands of government employees useless. They would have nothing to do and their bosses would lose their little empires. We can't have that, now can we? After all, it's only taxpayer funds they are wasting on a lost cause.
371320
Build the fence.\nFine the employers.\nJail the ones who commit real crimes.\nSEND THE REST HOME ON A BUS.\nMIKE
1177043
The main problem is the police. L.A.P.D. is the most corrupt bunch of so-called law enforcers in the country.\n\nIf the cops would get off of their lazy a$$3$ and crack down, things might change.
777813
drugs are the worst thing that can and does distroy all aspects of life. they are the cause of most crime from petty to top of the tree. you only have to have known somebody who has or is drug dependant to understand what i mean. as for culture, sadly it has become trendy to take drugs. all dealers should be hung because they are the destroyers of social collapse
734481
Stop listening to politicians promising to "get tough on crimes."   They get elected, then enact mandatory minimums, which take away the power from the judges to rule on individual cases.   If you get caught with a joint in some states, you get five years.   You lose your wife, kids, house, car, job.   And the taxpayers get to support that person.   Drug laws are the worst in this country.   Check out the November Coalition's web site to see thousands of people busted for stupid drug laws, thousands we support, thousands of lives wasted.\nThere will soon be legislation to release elderly prisoners (non-violent), as they are the most expensive to house because of their medical problems.   I hope that people will support this.\n\nMy 65 year old husband was screwed over by the parole board four years ago, and we are still trying to get it straightened out.   Meanwhile, your tax dollars have paid for his shoulder surgery, knee replacements and dental.    I know of many other older prisoners who just want to go home and chill.   They are worn out and are no threat to anyone.      Most of them got into trouble for crimes back in the 1970's, which is nothing compared to the gangbanger drive-by street punks today.    They just want some peace and quiet and fresh air, and to die where someone cares about them.  \n\nIf these older guys were released, it would help the financial burden immensely.    The families would then be responsible, but trust me, we don't mind.
417650
Yes.  That way we could use the police for more preventative measures.  We could get rid of the drug dealers.  We could regulate the substance - people would get what they paid for - no sugar, flour, Comet, Drano, etc - and the O.D.s would practically disappear.  We could tax it and help remove the national multitrillion dollar debt. \nI don't use drugs, but I don't think it's the government's right to tell me that I can't.  I am a functioning tax paying adult. The government is not my parent.
293532
Most definitely.  We would earn taxes and save billions in drug enforcement.  And it would get any worse.  \n\nLook at the example of Prohibition.  It never worked except to build up the mafia
584279
Could go either way...It will be interesting to find out.  The law would just make it legal to possess "small" amounts so dealers would still be prosecuted...I think the point was so they could focus their attention on the dealers.  Like, aiming higher on the food chain.  I think if it affects drugs crossing the border, the only difference would be in very small amounts...just the idiots that have it on them for "personal use".
525258
yes, certainly , the issue is already answer by you , i have plan the programme to work in Africa also , following the Bbc report of drugs in Africa, also i plan to make it strict for only the addict confirm by the doctors, is obvious that it will reduce the crime in the society , very certain , since no need to steal to get money for the drug , the reason drug addict steal is to get the money to buy the drug, and yo know during the stealing it can lead to robeery if his having chance to use weapon
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I think it should be legalized....you don't hear of people getting stoned and killing someone...whether driving or not.  Stoned people just want to chill and eat....legalize it now and start dealing with the true drug problems like meth, coke, and heroin
471899
i personally don't think they do enough to keep drugs off the streets. like where I'm from there are young kids as in 12 and13 yr old that walk the street selling drugs their parents even OK it. i think that our police force sucks and are scared to go into "the hood " and do anything about it. sometimes i feel that they just let most of the big dealers get away with it to keep money into the community. i may be way off base but there is something fishy going on. you get the same offenders out on the street all the time. then lets say they catch some small dealer and tell them hey if you narky on the one higher up you can go free and it wont show up on your record, well of course that's what they are gonna do. then that person will probably be the one to step up and become the big guy. they really need to sit and figure out new ways to get these people off the streets. it is killing our kids, and kids parents. i wish there was something i could do to help. good luck, and GOD BLESS YOU!!!!!!!1
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I'd say war on drugs. They are becoming an abomination on our land. It is so wide spread it would be hard to find a group to inlist. \nBut it needs to be dealt with properly and soon. It is destroying so many lives.
123822
Selling drugs is enough trouble by itself. The fact that someone dies for the drugs he sells could lead to murder 2. What you should do, at all times, is to let the law enforcement agencies that you know that someone sells drugs.
76881
Some of the things that our Justice System does never ceases to amaze me.  I have sat through many court hearings and it always surprises me that many violent offenders would get probation and the non violent or victimless crimes had the book thrown at them.  The whole system needs to be looked at and have some real changes made to it.  We have too many repeat offenders on the streets and not nearly enough people who have committed a violent crime behind bars protecting society.  Our government's war on drugs may have something to do with prosecuter's and judge's thinking when it come to those kind of crimes, because statisticly it will look like we are really cracking down on the problem, when in fact we really are getting no place with it.  Fact is drug users will probably find it easier to score while in prison than on the streets.  Nobody wants a prison or jail in their neighborhood,yet with our growing population we need more of them to fit our needs.  There will always be a portion of the population that is not going to play by the rules and be in trouble.  Those that we need to change is the Prrosecuting Attorney who makes all the deals and the Judge's that accept them.  These people are elected officials and if they do not act as we need we can vote them out.  You will find that one individual has a lot more clout in local county political races and can do a lot more by constantly working on the local level.  You can take a whole state by taking it one county at a time.  You will be surprised by how many people one voice can affect, you started by asking the question now take it a step further.
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Hey!  The best way to deal with crime is to give Mike a job!\n\nBTW, love the schlevyhat!