tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12471112.post8886600971576319270..comments2023-08-20T11:07:28.396+01:00Comments on Freeborn John: War on drugsPeter Risdonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17792275403997179926noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12471112.post-7971332281470120762009-04-13T13:01:00.000+01:002009-04-13T13:01:00.000+01:00You only have to consider what happened during alc...You only have to consider what happened during alcohol prohibition to understand why drug prohibition creates about 95% of the problems attributed to drugs.Trooper Thompsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01505221473081871071noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12471112.post-34808963178129363422009-04-06T22:46:00.000+01:002009-04-06T22:46:00.000+01:00"When the war on tobacco began..": but nobody call..."When the war on tobacco began..": but nobody called it a "war", did they?deariemenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12471112.post-9902712643885836722009-04-06T14:07:00.000+01:002009-04-06T14:07:00.000+01:00There's another difference, Stan. Tobacco might ki...There's another difference, Stan. Tobacco might kill you and will certainly damage your health, make you breathless and so on. There's a strong incentive to quit. Amazingly enough, this is not true of any of the illegal drugs, except perhaps speed - against which drug users campaigned when it first started becoming popular (speed kills was a hippy slogan).<BR/><BR/>But attack demand strongly enough and you'll reduce consumption - this would also work with sugar and coffee, and TV watching.Peter Risdonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17792275403997179926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12471112.post-83474756859962360722009-04-06T14:02:00.000+01:002009-04-06T14:02:00.000+01:00When the war on tobacco began 70% of the UK popula...When the war on tobacco began 70% of the UK population smoked. Now it's barely a quarter. The difference was that the war was fought against the demand - not the supply.<BR/><BR/>As long as the demand is there someone will be willing to supply it - especially if it lucrative.<BR/><BR/>Some may say that you could more effectively fight the demand for drugs if you legalised them. Possibly - but then you'd have to fight a much larger demand then there currently is.Stanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15007863347348182876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12471112.post-83168739465724652862009-04-06T13:38:00.000+01:002009-04-06T13:38:00.000+01:00War on Drugs, War on Cancer, War on Terror - it's ...War on Drugs, War on Cancer, War on Terror - it's the American way.deariemenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12471112.post-75941641474803724242009-04-06T10:24:00.000+01:002009-04-06T10:24:00.000+01:00Good find.Good find.Mark Wadsworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07733511175178098449noreply@blogger.com