floattube wrote:
seel wrote:
RX14 wrote:
LucianDreamer wrote:
If I were to run for county-level representative if it weren't for my learning disability in my imagination, I would in a heartbeat outlaw drugs in the first place with jail sentences of up to 20 years maximum and hefty fines worth thousands.
I'm all for getting rid of addition, but this technique is absolutely well proven not to work. All banning substances does (prohibition, the current war on drugs) is force the dealers and addictions underground and enable organised crime. There are proven better ways to combat addiction (making drugs legal, and then helping the people who are addicted). Trying the same shit over and over again when it's proven not to work is insanity.
Offering and supporting rehabilitation to those struggling with addiction is a better foot forward than locking people up and not dealing with the underlying issues causing the addiction. You lock someone up for 20 years because of their addiction, they'll get released 20 years later unable to cope with current societal standards and unable to proceed forward with their lives. Help someone struggling and work with them to make a positive change on not only themselves, but the society they live in and you'll see progress. This is all one of my biggest gripes with America and their for-profit prison system. It doesn't work to help people and society, but it excels at giving wealthy individuals more money.
I remember as a kid hearing my dad saying that my drug addicted aunt gets life in prison and wondered why he would wish that on his own sister.
It's a really backwards point of view on the subject. I have family that have similar views on things and I'm constantly trying to share mine and point out how it is better. But, people think "If we lock them up then they can't taint society!" or "If we lock them up then they can't sell drugs and peer pressure my kids!" Which is truly stupid. We need to help each other, but too often people only care about themselves. It's really evident now, and I apologize for bringing up American politics, because you see people who've voted for Trump start getting negatively effected by his changes and they're coming out of the woodwork, but they didn't bat an eye when fellow Trump voters got stuck outside of America because of the travel ban. People are too content with their current way of life and only care if it begins to effect them. It's a damn shame.