Check it out.....sad.....
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,150076,00.html
WTF is this world coming to?
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,150076,00.html
WTF is this world coming to?
Canada gives FREE HEROIN!
- Thread starter Derius_T
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This is OLD HAT. The Canucks, particularly in BC have 'decriminalized' or 'legalized' all those NASTY drugs the US government wants to put it's citizens in jail if they use them.
The scary part is that Vancouver, BC collected over $3 BILLION in taxes last year from those who 'legally sell pot' in their fair city. That money more than covered the big building boom going on in Vancouver, due to their getting the 2010 Winter Olympics.
The reason I say that it's SCARY is that due to lie and deciet being fawned upon the US citizens over 'the war on drugs', we keep over 1 million people in federal prison on drug charges every year. At an average cost of $30K per person. That's $30 billion a year pissed down the prison drain.
Instead, if the US government would just legalize drugs and then tax the piss out of them, they would take in three to five times the amount of money they currently spend every year.
The results would mean that the FIRST YEAR that they started taxing drugs, they could spend everything they planned on spending, pay off the current deficiet, and be left with a huge surplus, WITHOUT one dime being collected in taxes. Income tax and SSI taxes would no longer be necessary.
But it's a no win situation for current politicians who have been selling the 'war on drugs' LIE for their whole career. What happens to them when this finally does occur? They will be voted right out of office.
This will all occur about the time that SSI has become overrun with retirees who want the benefits they were promised. Plus that says NOTHING of all those people who will NO LONGER be paying any taxes because they will be retired and living on SSI. NOW THAT'S SCARY!
The scary part is that Vancouver, BC collected over $3 BILLION in taxes last year from those who 'legally sell pot' in their fair city. That money more than covered the big building boom going on in Vancouver, due to their getting the 2010 Winter Olympics.
The reason I say that it's SCARY is that due to lie and deciet being fawned upon the US citizens over 'the war on drugs', we keep over 1 million people in federal prison on drug charges every year. At an average cost of $30K per person. That's $30 billion a year pissed down the prison drain.
Instead, if the US government would just legalize drugs and then tax the piss out of them, they would take in three to five times the amount of money they currently spend every year.
The results would mean that the FIRST YEAR that they started taxing drugs, they could spend everything they planned on spending, pay off the current deficiet, and be left with a huge surplus, WITHOUT one dime being collected in taxes. Income tax and SSI taxes would no longer be necessary.
But it's a no win situation for current politicians who have been selling the 'war on drugs' LIE for their whole career. What happens to them when this finally does occur? They will be voted right out of office.
This will all occur about the time that SSI has become overrun with retirees who want the benefits they were promised. Plus that says NOTHING of all those people who will NO LONGER be paying any taxes because they will be retired and living on SSI. NOW THAT'S SCARY!
Lawyer Daggit
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Speaking from an Aussie perspective, our laws on drugs do not work, and Police seem to be trying to contain the problem. We have also gone through a series of integrity commissions because the Police forces in a number of states had been corrupted to the core.
I think the only way to beat drug use is to:
1. Decriminalise it (nb not legalise it)
2. Push treatment- criminality usually only increases the social problems that lead the person to use drugs in the first place.
The 'war on drugs' costs a fortune and leads to Policitians and Government officials being bought. It also leads to a situation where drugs on the street are not of uniform quality leading to over dose problems.
Don't think I am 'pro drug' I am not, but PROHIBITION OF ANYTHING HAS NEVER WORKED- we need to look for better solutions, like dealing with the social problems causing the drug issues or gun crime issues.
I think the only way to beat drug use is to:
1. Decriminalise it (nb not legalise it)
2. Push treatment- criminality usually only increases the social problems that lead the person to use drugs in the first place.
The 'war on drugs' costs a fortune and leads to Policitians and Government officials being bought. It also leads to a situation where drugs on the street are not of uniform quality leading to over dose problems.
Don't think I am 'pro drug' I am not, but PROHIBITION OF ANYTHING HAS NEVER WORKED- we need to look for better solutions, like dealing with the social problems causing the drug issues or gun crime issues.
