END the WAR on DRUGS FACTS and STATISTICS
END THE WAR ON DRUGS FACTS AND STATISTICS – The Federal Government spends over billion dollars per year in the War on Drugs — almost 0 every second — and we have lost. The reason for this failure is that we are fighting the war on the wrong front. We have focused the battle on stopping the flow of illegal drugs, thinking that our enemy is the drug dealer or the addict. Law enforcement agencies make drug busts — big and small — taking product off the streets and putting dealers and addicts in jail. This doesn’t work because the addict still wants product there is always another drug dealer or pain clinic around the corner. The only true solution is to reduce demand — which means spending the money on Addiction Treatment. Scare tactics like the DEA report (www.usdoj.gov said that “Mexican Drug Trafficking Organizations represent the greatest organized crime threat to the United States” and that “intelligence estimates indicate a vast majority of the cocaine available in US drug markets is smuggled by Mexican Drug Trafficking Organizations across the US– Mexico border.” This type of report fuels the fire and encourages spending more and more money on drug interception — which doesn’t work — rather than substance abuse education, intervention and treatment — which has a much larger impact on demand. The same report also cited a 2007 study that “nearly 7 million Americans are abusing prescription drugs — more than the number who are abusing cocaine, heroin, hallucinogens, Ecstasy, and inhalants, combined …
Former marine on gun ownership: "We can't give up our rights because we are …
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Look at Chicago and D.C. as examples of this and then go back and look at every where there is concealed carry the crime rates are lower by the FBI statistics and those are the Facts. ….. The US armed MEXICO, the US consumes the drugs Mexico makes.
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NRA protecting America's liberties
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As I read the letters calling for gun control and the NRA, it seems that many people have ignored the facts in the recent shootings. The police in … How is it Eric Holder, the U.S. Attorney General calls for gun control and he spent millions of …
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Why Patrick Kennedy and Others in Recovery Should Support, Not Oppose …
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Anyone who has struggled, or seen a loved one struggle with addiction knows that drug abuse is a difficult, personal, and complicated issue, not one that's going to be solved with a bumper sticker or simplistic solutions. It's time to step back and …
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RT @NCADDNational: Cost to Society: The estimated cost of drug abuse exceeds 0 Billion: http://t.co/tunsgUjv #facts #drugs – by Martinez_Letici (Leticia Martinez)
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Cost to Society: The estimated cost of drug abuse exceeds 0 Billion: http://t.co/tunsgUjv #facts #drugs – by NCADDNational (NCADD National )
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RT @NIDAnews: Mark your calendars: Nat’l Drug Facts Week is in 1 month! Help shatter myths about drugs and drug abuse. http://t.co/YEf4X … – by GoProjectPurple (GoProjectPurple)