Simply put, the influx of drugs is the scourge of the inner cities. No one in the inner cities owns boats or planes to smuggle drugs in. Someone is bringing it to them like clockwork and it will never stop.

This problem doesn't just exist in the inner cities.

This problem doesn't just exist in the inner cities.

 

No but the drugs are imported to the inner cities and distributed throughout the country. There aren't 62 people getting shot over the course of the weekend in the suburbs or anywhere else other than the inner cities. 62 people getting shot in a weekend in the suburbs is a national crisis/terrorist concern.

Far from a naive idealist. Sure as heck not looking to feel better.

 

I was a paramedic for 20 plus years. Now work in law enforcement. I see the damage, not just to the user, but the kids. If you legalize the really hard drugs like heroin and meth, then more will use and more will become addicted and the cycle continues.

 

It wouldn't take me 30 minutes to get some heroin. That's not the point. Protection of our children is my main priority.

Liquor stores ID -- drug dealers don't.

I agree on this. The illegality ofDrugs are the fuel to violence in this country.

Fixed.

Fixed.

 

Unless you give them away for free, making them legal only takes profit from dealers and moves it to govt or business. Still going to have users committing crimes to be able to afford drugs.

Unless you give them away for free, making them legal only takes profit from dealers and moves it to govt or business. Still going to have users committing crimes to be able to afford drugs.

I would argue that the large percentage of those crimes aren't violent.

I would argue that the large percentage of those crimes aren't violent.

 

Probably true, but crime breeds more crime. More thefts and robberies will lead to more and more problems. Nearly every local theft in this area is drug related.

I would argue that the large percentage of those crimes aren't violent.

 

Theft, breaking and entering, robbery are all ways where a person thinks he is not committing a violent crime. What happens when there is a person on the other end with a gun wanted to protect themselves or their property?

How do you do that? For every trafficker/ distributor/runner caught, the lure of wealth drives new ones to take their place. The only way to end truly end it is fear of death like in China. In China, if caught and arrested, within a week's time you are arrested, tried, sentenced to death, tortured for information on other trafficers and suppliers you know of and then marched in public and executed. While the process has been very affective at keeping trafficing out of China, I would prefer it not come to the US.

 

The drug epidemic and the violence surrounding it are serious serious problems. Sometimes serious problems take drastic measures to fix. This may be the way we need to start trending.

Theft, breaking and entering, robbery are all ways where a person thinks he is not committing a violent crime. What happens when there is a person on the other end with a gun wanted to protect themselves or their property?

Two of the three you mentioned are not violent crimes. The fourth is dealing with something else entirely.

I would argue that the large percentage of those crimes aren't violent.

 

They can become violent very quickly depending on how bad the addict wants what he wants. You can't excuse crime simply because it is not violent.

 

Theft from retail stores makes the prices higher for you and me.

They can become violent very quickly depending on how bad the addict wants what he wants. You can't excuse crime simply because it is not violent.

 

Theft from retail stores makes the prices higher for you and me.

 

Plain and simple. Charge the crimes. But I was quoting the following:

 

I agree on this. Drugs are the fuel to violence in this country.

Plain and simple. Charge the crimes. But I was quoting the following:

 

Drugs do fuel violence. Not all of it but a great deal of it.

Drugs do fuel violence. Not all of it but a great deal of it.

The illegality of drugs does. No doubt.

The illegality of drugs does. No doubt.

 

Even if they were legal, there would still be crime for those that could not afford them.