Barfo, I wasn't talking about sealing the border, we don't have an issue at our border.
Ok. I misunderstood you then. Drugs necessarily enter the country by crossing a border (on ground, underground, underwater, or in the air), so when you said 'easily come into our country', I assumed you meant crossing the border.
Im talking about other actions that can be taken to prevent drugs for coming in, tougher penalties, improved intelligence to better track smugglers down, and improved awareness of use, in communities and schools with quick action. Anyone that distributes drugs to kids should be penalized to the max, imo.
We've tried tougher penalties. Didn't work, but did fill up the prisons.
We have pretty good smuggler interdiction efforts, as I previously said. Maybe we could spend more on that, but I'm not sure it would change much. As I mentioned, there's a huge financial incentive for the smugglers to keep trying.
Education: always good, but not clear to me exactly what to do that we aren't already doing.
So you don't think violence and heavy drug use for example does't have any kind of effect on youngsters that are exposed to it or even addicted to it?
Whats Ive always thought was hypocritical was those that participate in violent (rape, abuse, murder, drugs, etc.) movies that are exposed to young people and then become a voice against such actions. They are driven by money and don't give a crap about what they portray on screen. Maybe not all, but a large percentage.
No, I don't buy that at all. There probably are certain weak minds that will be negatively influence by movies, but they'll be influenced by something else if not movies. You'd have to ban violence and drug use from movies, books, tv, the news, social media, in person conversation, and people's imaginations. Not going to work.
rather than just pick apart what people express, why not offer up some ideas or creative strategies in your view?
Im not sure there has ever been one of my post where you haven't tried to pick apart or punch aside rather than possibly offering some common ground or insights of your own.
Well, maybe it's just style, I usually don't see much point of posting 'I agree'. But I note that I did say that I agreed with one of your points above, about congress not getting anything done.
Oh well, I get it, its either black or white no middle ground or compromise. I bring up a better job of addressing drugs entering our country, and you go immedialy go to hurting kids at the border. I never even mention border or the political bs with it all.
Sorry, I thought you were talking about the borders, since that is necessarily where drugs enter the country. My bad.
So you want to know my opinion about how to stop drug use? You can't. It's like trying to stop teenagers from having sex. What you can do is legalize it, tax it, and use the money to provide treatment options for addicts. You'd save a lot of money in law enforcement and the justice system.
And separately, there's the issue of prescription opioid abuse, but that may have been addressed (if you've had surgery or an injury lately, you know that they are now suddenly very very stingy with the painkillers). Doesn't help anyone who is already addicted, but I'd guess it will reduce future abuse substantially.
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