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Is there a more efficient and ethical way to reduce drug abuse in the US than by conducting a war on drugs?

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    by Bryan Jennings

    One of the largest problems with our current efforts to reduce drug use is that we look at drugs as something wholly different from what they are. Drugs are not a sentient force...read more

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    by Steve Lussing

    There are practical reasons why we should rethink the current strategies of the government's Drug Enforcement Agency concerning the laws prohibiting controlled substances. Not ...read more

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    by Brandon J. Mendoza

    Since the 1980's and the Reagan administration there has been strengthened laws against crimes and drugs. The two wars are of the same nature, the war on crimes overviews the wa...read more

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    by Morgana Reno-Tahoe

    Yes, there a more efficient and ethical way to reduce drug abuse in the US than by conducting a war on drugs. Legalize the drugs! We Really Lost This (Drug) War! "The only...read more

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    by Michael Allen Carvell

    There are many efficient ways to help stop addiction and use of drugs better rehabbing programs with doctors who are equipped to handle both the addiction and psychologist would...read more

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    by David Frazee

    Restructuring the Criminal Justice System Drug use and addiction is most often brought about when a person is suffering from mental illness. So, treating these people like cri...read more

  • 7 of 9

    by Zachary Boswell

    Many of the tactics implemented in the current war on drugs are effective and should be continued. Cutting off the supply of drugs is essential to curtailing drug use and traffi...read more

  • 8 of 9

    by Joseph Whalen

    There are always alternatives to war. Whether you are referring to an actual declared war between sovereign states or the pretend "war on drugs" that we use as a catch phrase f...read more

  • 9 of 9

    by George Gregory

    Yes, but legalization is not the answer. Let us examine the two approaches and their logical consequences. One side of the debate rightly recognizes drug abuse for what it...read more

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    by Vance Mcbrayer

    "There are always alternatives to war." That is absolutely true. However, it is sad that some people think simply surrendering to the enemy is one of those acceptable alternat...read more

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    by Francis Palmieri

    Many years ago there was a television program about the Vice Squad in Miami Florida. The two main characters in the Miami Vice world consisted of Don Johnson, known as Crockett ...read more

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