Comments on Winning the War on Drugs

Without reason, we are lost.

Holy shit. Drugs make people insane -- cops, mostly, and they don't even have to take them to go nuts.

Screws fall out all the time, the world is an imperfect place.

I missed at first that this was in South Africa. I know they could sue like crazy in the US, but what are South Africa's laws about this sort of thing?

"dagga" sounds like a lot more fun to abuse than "pot".

Respect mah authoritah!

Testosterone poisoning is an ugly thing.

Oh, those cops are always the life of the party.

It's funny how people from other countries base their assumptions on how the law works via what they see from American crime shows.

What a rude awakening to realize that you don't have a right to remain silent, or that a search warrant may not be necessary to bind you up and bash your head in with a rifle butt.

"Die Mystic Boer"?

That's the part of the story that got my attention. A bar called "Die Mystic Boer."

That's the name of my new band.

Search warrants are not necessary for police to enter commercial property open to the public.

Although damn you'd think there was something illegal about what goes on in that video.

John:

[In the United States] Search warrants are generally required before shoving your hand down a woman's panties to look for drugs.

I thought this was in the US at first too.
If it's not in the US, then why are we getting so worked up about it?

Yes, folks, third world countries don't treat their citizens right. We know this.

@ 12) This may have taken place in South Africa, but it's a result of U.S. policy. The SWAT tactics are out of the American drug-enforcement playbook, and the ferocity that other nations enforce drug laws is largely at the behest of the U.S., which pressures countries to tow the line. Oh, and violent drug raids also happen routinely in the United States.

War on drugs =

price support program for the dealers

job security program for law enforcement

royal fuck-over for all the taxpayers who pay for it

Oh, and another thing--no provable impact on either the supply or the price of drugs on the street.