GrapeApe Posted April 8, 2012 Share Posted April 8, 2012 "Otto Pérez Molina, the president of Guatemala, who as former head of his country's military intelligence service experienced the power of drug cartels at close hand, is pushing his fellow Latin American leaders to use the summit to endorse a new regional security plan that would see an end to prohibition. In the Observer, Pérez Molina writes: "The prohibition paradigm that inspires mainstream global drug policy today is based on a false premise: that global drug markets can be eradicated."" From here Could this be the start of a new worldwide debate on the failure of prohibition? Something that many people including me have been arguing for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeadingNorth Posted April 8, 2012 Share Posted April 8, 2012 Could this be the start of a new worldwide debate on the failure of prohibition? No. As long as the USA maintains a Prohibition stance, the rest of the world doesn't get much choice in the matter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrapeApe Posted April 8, 2012 Author Share Posted April 8, 2012 No. As long as the USA maintains a Prohibition stance, the rest of the world doesn't get much choice in the matter. Obama's going to the summit. You never know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harvey19 Posted April 8, 2012 Share Posted April 8, 2012 It never fails to amaze me how the drug dealers seem to be able to beat the law enforcement agencies when it comes to the production and supply of illegal drugs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris_Sleeps Posted April 8, 2012 Share Posted April 8, 2012 It never fails to amaze me how the drug dealers seem to be able to beat the law enforcement agencies One very simple explanation. Cold hard cash. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nagel Posted April 8, 2012 Share Posted April 8, 2012 The reason that Mexico has such a huge problem with drug cartel violence at the moment is directly related to who they share their northern border with. The violence would end instantly if the USA abolished drug prohibition and less people would die on both sides of the border. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spooky3 Posted April 8, 2012 Share Posted April 8, 2012 It never fails to amaze me how the drug dealers seem to be able to beat the law enforcement agencies when it comes to the production and supply of illegal drugs. Because the mark up is immense, but hey that's the beauty of an addicted customer! If this goes through, do you think we'll all end up like the throw away scum that work for the drug dealers...? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeadingNorth Posted April 8, 2012 Share Posted April 8, 2012 Because the mark up is immense, but hey that's the beauty of an addicted customer! If this goes through, do you think we'll all end up like the throw away scum that work for the drug dealers...? If this goes through, the drug dealers will all be out of business; they'll still incur all the costs involved in trafficking the stuff illegally, whereas government-approved health agencies will be buying it up at thruppence a pound. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spooky3 Posted April 8, 2012 Share Posted April 8, 2012 If this goes through, the drug dealers will all be out of business; they'll still incur all the costs involved in trafficking the stuff illegally, whereas government-approved health agencies will be buying it up at thruppence a pound. There will still be a black market, e.g. there is with alcohol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeadingNorth Posted April 8, 2012 Share Posted April 8, 2012 There will still be a black market, e.g. there is with alcohol. There's a black market with alcohol because the black marketeers can sell it cheaper. How are heroin dealers going to stay in business when their product is vastly more expensive than what an addict can get from the NHS? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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