John Stossel om kriget mot drogerna
John Stossel, mycket känd TV-man i USA, har i dagarna kommit med sina tankar på kriget mot droger.
Från http://www.townhall.com/opinion/columns/JohnStossel/2006/03/29/191689.html
John Stossel wrote:Getting high can be bad. Putting people in prison for it is worse. And doing the latter doesn’t stop the former.John Stossel summerar effekterna av “War on drugs” som:
John Stossel wrote:1. More crime. Rarely do people get high and then run out to commit crimes. Most “drug crime” happens because the product is illegal. Since drug sellers can’t rely on the police to protect their property, they form gangs and arm themselves. Drug buyers steal to pay the high black market prices. The government says alcohol is as addictive as heroin, but no one is knocking over 7-Elevens to get Budweiser.2. More terrorism. The profits of the drug trade fund terrorists from Afghanistan to Colombia. Our herbicide-spraying planes teach South American farmers to hate America.
3. Richer criminal gangs. Alcohol prohibition created Al Capone. The gangs drug prohibition is creating are even richer, probably rich enough to buy nuclear weapons. Osama bin Laden was funded partly by drug money.
Government’s declaring drugs illegal doesn’t mean people can’t get them. It just creates a black market, where even nastier things happen. That’s why I have come to think that although drug addiction is bad, the drug war is worse.
Artiklen är mycket läsvärd och innehåller många goda argument för den som vill debattera narkotikapolitik.
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