Re:'That Fentanyl – That's Death': A Story of Recovery in Ba...
by Helmet on Friday August 04, 2017 @11:17AM
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We already do this. Large level dealers/kingpins are prosecuted to the fullest extend of the law and often receive extremely long sentences. However, as has been proven, it doesn't work.
Your point about Singapore is taken though, you raise a strong point. I think the issue though is that there are two effective ways to deal with drugs:
1. Totalitarian-police-state-type of enforcement (lets call it the Singapore model) where even low level offenders are hit were severe sentences.
2. The end of prohibition. This destroys the current economic framework supporting the drug industry; this would severely reduce the violence associated with the illicit drug trade.
What doesn't work is this sort of middle-of-the-road approach that we currently have.
Obviously, these two are at exact opposite ends of one another. I think we should pick the one that is more fitting with our national character and purported values of life, liberty, and individualism (the 2nd option...)
Your point about Singapore is taken though, you raise a strong point. I think the issue though is that there are two effective ways to deal with drugs:
1. Totalitarian-police-state-type of enforcement (lets call it the Singapore model) where even low level offenders are hit were severe sentences.
2. The end of prohibition. This destroys the current economic framework supporting the drug industry; this would severely reduce the violence associated with the illicit drug trade.
What doesn't work is this sort of middle-of-the-road approach that we currently have.
Obviously, these two are at exact opposite ends of one another. I think we should pick the one that is more fitting with our national character and purported values of life, liberty, and individualism (the 2nd option...)