After 50 years of the war on drugs, 'what good is it doing for us?'

Re:After 50 years of the war on drugs, 'what good is it doin... by cactus2093 on Thursday June 17, 2021 @06:25PM (#27545112)

That's also a hard sell right now based on the catastrophic failure of US public health policies during the pandemic.

Public health systems have shown they can do a pretty good job given a miracle vaccine to work with. Short of that, not so much. And unfortunately we don't yet have a shot that cures drug abuse.

A little more specifically, I don't think the lack of availability of rehab programs is what is the problem here, and that's about all public health could offer.

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Re:After 50 years of the war on drugs, 'what good is it doin... by netizen-936824 on Thursday June 17, 2021 @10:50PM (#27546903)

Well currently people are denied treatment and resources altogether if they have an addiction. That is a massive problem

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Re:After 50 years of the war on drugs, 'what good is it doin... by cactus2093 on Friday June 18, 2021 @09:14AM (#27549927)

What do you mean? There are free treatment resources available for homeless/poor drug addicts to get clean. But many people are never going to make the choice to do so.

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Re:After 50 years of the war on drugs, 'what good is it doin... by specialist on Friday June 18, 2021 @09:46AM (#27550234)

Defeatism is so exhausting. Every one already knows that every thing sucks. Trying is better than not trying. Unless you have some better ideas. Please tell.

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Re:After 50 years of the war on drugs, 'what good is it doin... by specialist on Thursday June 17, 2021 @10:36PM (#27546822)

What would you do?

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