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During the prohibition of Alcohol, often referred to simply as prohibition, which was the practice of prohibiting the manufacture, transportation, import, export, sale, and consumption of alcohol and alcoholic beverages. After several years, prohibition became a failure in North America and elsewhere, as bootlegging (rum-running) became widespread and organized crime took control of the distribution of alcohol. Today America is facing a bigger challenge with the Drug market. Too much money spent to fight the war on drugs, which will not end, unless drugs are legalized.
Today we spend yearly:
Today America is number 37 in the rank of 132 countries distributing a percentage of the GDP into Education. It contributes with only 5.7 % in a percent range starting from 1.6% to the United Arab Emirants and ending with 18% with Cuba. America Spends 4% of its budget in Education and 2% in protection.
Observing only the economical factor, one should consider that by legalizing drugs more money would be collected in taxes to be applied in education. Today America spends 23% of its budget in defense, and it is fair to think that it interrelates with defense against drug related cartels all over the world; Investigation costs related to international trafficking etc. Therefore, it is fair to say that by legalizing drugs a small percentage would be used to invest in education. To finalize, consider marketing, and sales and profits and taxation. Some types of drugs may become a commodity and participate in the futures marketing.
This process will be interesting to watch, for every dealer will be against one another, and some riots would be imminent. As far as We the people, the only thing to do is to educate everyone and enforce mandatory classes about the consequences of using drugs to obtain a license to purchase.
In a "Local Store Drugs" - The name of the Facility where people will purchase their drugs, there will be various containers with all types of drugs and bellow each of them will have a description of the consequences of using it.
Bellow the crack-cocaine jar a big sign with this description: If you take this drug you will die. At frist you will get an intensive high and a feeling of awesomeness that will last 3 minutes. Then you will crave for more, and more, until you can not stay awake. Meanwhile your digestive system shrinks. You can not eat. You become de-hydrated and you lose weight rapidly. Moods swings will make you lose your job, lose friends and consequently you will lose everything. Life Expectancy - 1 Year.
The entire purchase would be recorded and only people above 21 can purchase it. Doctors will prescribe and monitor patients, while science is developing a home kit of self-drug-test for people to be able to control their intake and keep in to a range acceptable to their blood flow. Employees will be tested as they arrive at work, and be sent home if not sober. There will be more clinics for addicts, who will learn to cope with their addition or else, be incarcerated.
Families will be educated of the danger and expose their kids at an early age to all the bad associated with all drugs, to prepare them for a productive life.
By legalizing drugs, we are letting the evil of addiction to become a choice between yes and no. It is not as easy as "Just Say No" to drugs, for one has to learn what happens when influenced by such a drug. The same type of education must be given about any other drug that is sold in drugstores today. Most of them are addictive. I know people addicted to chap sticks, pain killers, cough drops, nasal spray, eye drops, cortisone, xanax, .... and so forth and so on. Drugs, as medication, will make you feel better, but eventually dependent forever. Yet no one knows what they are truly taking. The Drug company is one of the biggest in the world and manufactures on drug to fight the other drug - It is a mix-bag of chemicals that will target a population.
For example: If you have heart-burn you take a Pepsid AC., which is a base, and it neutralizes the acidity in your stomach giving a sensation of well being. Once you start taking a base to neutralize the acidity in your system, you are opening a door for an addiction. Next day you wont be able to drink a glass of orange juice if you do not take a Pepsid before or after. It is normal to have acidity after drinking alcohol, and the remedy is any base such as tagamet, Pepsid, Milk of Magnesium, etc.
Unfortunately, most of the people are not well educated to accept this as a solution for some of our problems and some problems in the world. But the idea of this article is just to compare what can be done with what is happening now in our Country. And furthermore, to express "it is all about the money". It all makes sense.
See bellow our prisons and the amount of people doing time for drug related crimes.
Today, American Citizens are paying top dollars to keep people incarcerated. Lets check the offenses committed:
Today we spend yearly:
- 27.5$ billion for Law Enforcement. The third biggest cost is law enforcement activities at 27.5$ billion(subfunction 751) This is the police, FBI, DEA, etc… This doesn’t count court costs.
- 7.3$ billion for Prisons. The cost of Federal Correctional activities(subfunction 753) is recorded as a separate subfunction from Law Enforcement.
Today America is number 37 in the rank of 132 countries distributing a percentage of the GDP into Education. It contributes with only 5.7 % in a percent range starting from 1.6% to the United Arab Emirants and ending with 18% with Cuba. America Spends 4% of its budget in Education and 2% in protection.
Observing only the economical factor, one should consider that by legalizing drugs more money would be collected in taxes to be applied in education. Today America spends 23% of its budget in defense, and it is fair to think that it interrelates with defense against drug related cartels all over the world; Investigation costs related to international trafficking etc. Therefore, it is fair to say that by legalizing drugs a small percentage would be used to invest in education. To finalize, consider marketing, and sales and profits and taxation. Some types of drugs may become a commodity and participate in the futures marketing.
This process will be interesting to watch, for every dealer will be against one another, and some riots would be imminent. As far as We the people, the only thing to do is to educate everyone and enforce mandatory classes about the consequences of using drugs to obtain a license to purchase.
In a "Local Store Drugs" - The name of the Facility where people will purchase their drugs, there will be various containers with all types of drugs and bellow each of them will have a description of the consequences of using it.
Bellow the crack-cocaine jar a big sign with this description: If you take this drug you will die. At frist you will get an intensive high and a feeling of awesomeness that will last 3 minutes. Then you will crave for more, and more, until you can not stay awake. Meanwhile your digestive system shrinks. You can not eat. You become de-hydrated and you lose weight rapidly. Moods swings will make you lose your job, lose friends and consequently you will lose everything. Life Expectancy - 1 Year.
The entire purchase would be recorded and only people above 21 can purchase it. Doctors will prescribe and monitor patients, while science is developing a home kit of self-drug-test for people to be able to control their intake and keep in to a range acceptable to their blood flow. Employees will be tested as they arrive at work, and be sent home if not sober. There will be more clinics for addicts, who will learn to cope with their addition or else, be incarcerated.
Families will be educated of the danger and expose their kids at an early age to all the bad associated with all drugs, to prepare them for a productive life.
By legalizing drugs, we are letting the evil of addiction to become a choice between yes and no. It is not as easy as "Just Say No" to drugs, for one has to learn what happens when influenced by such a drug. The same type of education must be given about any other drug that is sold in drugstores today. Most of them are addictive. I know people addicted to chap sticks, pain killers, cough drops, nasal spray, eye drops, cortisone, xanax, .... and so forth and so on. Drugs, as medication, will make you feel better, but eventually dependent forever. Yet no one knows what they are truly taking. The Drug company is one of the biggest in the world and manufactures on drug to fight the other drug - It is a mix-bag of chemicals that will target a population.
For example: If you have heart-burn you take a Pepsid AC., which is a base, and it neutralizes the acidity in your stomach giving a sensation of well being. Once you start taking a base to neutralize the acidity in your system, you are opening a door for an addiction. Next day you wont be able to drink a glass of orange juice if you do not take a Pepsid before or after. It is normal to have acidity after drinking alcohol, and the remedy is any base such as tagamet, Pepsid, Milk of Magnesium, etc.
Unfortunately, most of the people are not well educated to accept this as a solution for some of our problems and some problems in the world. But the idea of this article is just to compare what can be done with what is happening now in our Country. And furthermore, to express "it is all about the money". It all makes sense.
See bellow our prisons and the amount of people doing time for drug related crimes.
| Total population: | 217,363 |
| Total sentenced population: | 198,459 |
| Inmates in BOP facilities: | 180,725 |
| Inmates in privately-managed secure facilities1: | 22,939 |
| Inmates in other contract facilities2: | 13,699 |
Today, American Citizens are paying top dollars to keep people incarcerated. Lets check the offenses committed:
| Drug Offenses: | 101,929 | (50.4 %) |
| Weapons, Explosives, Arson: | 30,733 | (15.2 %) |
| Immigration: | 24,279 | (12.0 %) |
| Robbery: | 8,366 | (4.1 %) |
| Burglary, Larceny, Property Offenses: | 7,165 | (3.5 %) |
| Extortion, Fraud, Bribery: | 10,529 | (5.2 %) |
| Homicide, Aggravated Assault, and Kidnapping Offenses: | 5,571 | (2.8 %) |
| Miscellaneous: | 1,798 | (0.9 %) |
| Sex Offenses: | 9,772 | (4.8 %) |
| Banking and Insurance, Counterfeit, Embezzlement: | 883 | (0.4 %) |
| Courts or Corrections: | 645 | (0.3 %) |
| Continuing Criminal Enterprise: | 515 | (0.3 %) |
| National Security: | 97 | (0.0 %) |
