Comments on: A smarter way to end drug crimes? http://www.atomictumor.com/2006/09/28/a-smarter-way-to-end-drug-crimes/ Wed, 19 Nov 2008 12:13:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1.2 By: meice http://www.atomictumor.com/2006/09/28/a-smarter-way-to-end-drug-crimes/#comment-2929 meice Thu, 28 Sep 2006 15:10:25 +0000 http://www.atomictumor.com/2006/09/28/a-smarter-way-to-end-drug-crimes/#comment-2929 The only war on drugs I'm familiar with was Punky Brewster's. Punky power! The only war on drugs I’m familiar with was Punky Brewster’s. Punky power!

]]> By: jenwright http://www.atomictumor.com/2006/09/28/a-smarter-way-to-end-drug-crimes/#comment-2930 jenwright Thu, 28 Sep 2006 15:37:27 +0000 http://www.atomictumor.com/2006/09/28/a-smarter-way-to-end-drug-crimes/#comment-2930 I saw an article about that, too. I thought it sounded like a pretty good idea. On a related topic, I was listening to everyone's favorite NPR radio station and some guy who reviews commercials for some newspaper in some city was talking about the government's various anti-drug commercials over the years. In his opinion they've vastly improved their approach, and in recent segments had a bunch of stoners sitting on a couch talking to the camera. The stoners say that they've never killed anyone, raped anyone, etc.. and that pot isn't that bad, but then the commercial goes on to show how boring their lives are sitting around stoned on their couches instead of snowboarding, off-roading, whatever. Hmmm... I though the whole thing was kind of thought provoking. The gov't appears to be softening their approach on how evil pot is - absolutely no mention of "gateway drug", and just pointing out that there is better things you can be doing with your time. Of course, who's to say that getting stoned and then going snowboarding wouldn't be kinda fun? I saw an article about that, too. I thought it sounded like a pretty good idea. On a related topic, I was listening to everyone’s favorite NPR radio station and some guy who reviews commercials for some newspaper in some city was talking about the government’s various anti-drug commercials over the years. In his opinion they’ve vastly improved their approach, and in recent segments had a bunch of stoners sitting on a couch talking to the camera. The stoners say that they’ve never killed anyone, raped anyone, etc.. and that pot isn’t that bad, but then the commercial goes on to show how boring their lives are sitting around stoned on their couches instead of snowboarding, off-roading, whatever. Hmmm… I though the whole thing was kind of thought provoking. The gov’t appears to be softening their approach on how evil pot is - absolutely no mention of “gateway drug”, and just pointing out that there is better things you can be doing with your time.

Of course, who’s to say that getting stoned and then going snowboarding wouldn’t be kinda fun?

]]> By: Atomictumor http://www.atomictumor.com/2006/09/28/a-smarter-way-to-end-drug-crimes/#comment-2933 Atomictumor Thu, 28 Sep 2006 18:48:35 +0000 http://www.atomictumor.com/2006/09/28/a-smarter-way-to-end-drug-crimes/#comment-2933 I notice that the Oak Ridger, coincidently, ran an <a href="http://www.oakridger.com/stories/092806/opi_103320621.shtml" rel="nofollow">article</a> dealing with the ORPD's crack dealin tactics, which has netted an indictment or two. However, the meat of the story seems to me that they're arresting buyers, and petty dealers, which is same old same old in the drug war scheme, and hasn't gotten us anywhere. The article alludes to the department putting 'pressure' on upper dealers, but I'm not so sure they're sweating very much, if the market allows that an unknown face can sell crack to 15 people in town off of a street corner. I don't see the 'supply and demand' tactic working from the demand side of it, because, if Dave Chappelle (or Whitney Houston, Marion Barry, etc) taught us nothing else, its that you can't keep a crackhead down. I notice that the Oak Ridger, coincidently, ran an article dealing with the ORPD’s crack dealin tactics, which has netted an indictment or two. However, the meat of the story seems to me that they’re arresting buyers, and petty dealers, which is same old same old in the drug war scheme, and hasn’t gotten us anywhere. The article alludes to the department putting ‘pressure’ on upper dealers, but I’m not so sure they’re sweating very much, if the market allows that an unknown face can sell crack to 15 people in town off of a street corner.
I don’t see the ’supply and demand’ tactic working from the demand side of it, because, if Dave Chappelle (or Whitney Houston, Marion Barry, etc) taught us nothing else, its that you can’t keep a crackhead down.

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