Comments on: Waging War on the 'War on Drugs' http://cafehayek.com/2009/06/heres-a-letter-that-i-sent-a-few-days-ago-to-the-new-york-timesits-heartening-that-so-many-of-your-readers-support-drug-lega.html where orders emerge Mon, 16 Jan 2012 02:06:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Anonymous http://cafehayek.com/2009/06/heres-a-letter-that-i-sent-a-few-days-ago-to-the-new-york-timesits-heartening-that-so-many-of-your-readers-support-drug-lega.html/comment-page-2#comment-181790 Anonymous Sat, 19 Sep 2009 07:59:00 +0000 http://localhost/wordpress/?p=2182#comment-181790 My neighbors on both sides of where I live do heavy, hard drugs and marijuana. I get dizzy and can't formulate my words due to the marijuana and get shakey and pressure in my eyes and head and neuropathy/pain in my joints due to the hard drugs, including chest pains and can't breathe when they are doing them. I awake at night with huge nauseous and an awful taste in my mouth from the marijuana they are using. I am fine when I stay at my sons or in a motel, and then come back to my place and am sickened by the air in here thanks to my neighbors heavy drug use! My neighbors on both sides of where I live do heavy, hard drugs and marijuana. I get dizzy and can’t formulate my words due to the marijuana and get shakey and pressure in my eyes and head and neuropathy/pain in my joints due to the hard drugs, including chest pains and can’t breathe when they are doing them. I awake at night with huge nauseous and an awful taste in my mouth from the marijuana they are using.
I am fine when I stay at my sons or in a motel, and then come back to my place and am sickened by the air in here thanks to my neighbors heavy drug use!

]]> By: John http://cafehayek.com/2009/06/heres-a-letter-that-i-sent-a-few-days-ago-to-the-new-york-timesits-heartening-that-so-many-of-your-readers-support-drug-lega.html/comment-page-1#comment-51366 John Mon, 22 Jun 2009 08:45:55 +0000 http://localhost/wordpress/?p=2182#comment-51366 <p><i>"I will care more what my neighbor ingests if I have to pay a part of his insurance costs (which I am already doing for his retirement)."</i></p> <p><br /> I guess we'd better ban excessive salt, refined sugar, animal fats, red meat, alcohol, tobacco, dairy, processed food, fast food...</p> "I will care more what my neighbor ingests if I have to pay a part of his insurance costs (which I am already doing for his retirement)."

I guess we'd better ban excessive salt, refined sugar, animal fats, red meat, alcohol, tobacco, dairy, processed food, fast food…

]]> By: Marcus http://cafehayek.com/2009/06/heres-a-letter-that-i-sent-a-few-days-ago-to-the-new-york-timesits-heartening-that-so-many-of-your-readers-support-drug-lega.html/comment-page-1#comment-51365 Marcus Mon, 22 Jun 2009 08:40:02 +0000 http://localhost/wordpress/?p=2182#comment-51365 <p><i>"I will care more what my neighbor ingests if I have to pay a part of his insurance costs (which I am already doing for his retirement)."</i></p> <p>Your neighbor is still doing drugs and you're still paying for his health care. The War on Drugs hasn't changed any of this.<br /> </p> "I will care more what my neighbor ingests if I have to pay a part of his insurance costs (which I am already doing for his retirement)."

Your neighbor is still doing drugs and you're still paying for his health care. The War on Drugs hasn't changed any of this.

]]> By: Marcus http://cafehayek.com/2009/06/heres-a-letter-that-i-sent-a-few-days-ago-to-the-new-york-timesits-heartening-that-so-many-of-your-readers-support-drug-lega.html/comment-page-1#comment-51364 Marcus Mon, 22 Jun 2009 08:38:25 +0000 http://localhost/wordpress/?p=2182#comment-51364 <p><i>"driving well over the speed limit or driving drunk"</i><br /> -- Gil</p> <p>The owner of the road most certainly can make the rules for the road. If you violate those rules the owner of the road can disallow you from using their road. That the owner of the road in this particular case is the State is immaterial.<br /> </p> "driving well over the speed limit or driving drunk"
– Gil

The owner of the road most certainly can make the rules for the road. If you violate those rules the owner of the road can disallow you from using their road. That the owner of the road in this particular case is the State is immaterial.

]]> By: John http://cafehayek.com/2009/06/heres-a-letter-that-i-sent-a-few-days-ago-to-the-new-york-timesits-heartening-that-so-many-of-your-readers-support-drug-lega.html/comment-page-1#comment-51363 John Mon, 22 Jun 2009 07:22:48 +0000 http://localhost/wordpress/?p=2182#comment-51363 <p>There are several things that the Drug War does, and does very well.</p> <p>It allow lawyers to get very wealthy.<br /> It allows those who invest in and run private prisons to get very wealthy.<br /> It allows police departments to purchase all kinds of new toys by confiscating private property.<br /> It allows politicos to snoop and interfere in private lives.<br /> It allows black market thugs to get very wealthy.<br /> It creates disincentives to go to college or get a trade when one can get wealthy by participating in the black market.<br /> That is until they get caught, hire a lawyer, have their property confiscated, are put into prison, and stripped of their right to vote, hold a professional license or bear arms.</p> <p>Yup, the Drug War is very effective at many things.</p> <p>Curbing the supply or demand of drugs is not one of them.</p> There are several things that the Drug War does, and does very well.

It allow lawyers to get very wealthy.
It allows those who invest in and run private prisons to get very wealthy.
It allows police departments to purchase all kinds of new toys by confiscating private property.
It allows politicos to snoop and interfere in private lives.
It allows black market thugs to get very wealthy.
It creates disincentives to go to college or get a trade when one can get wealthy by participating in the black market.
That is until they get caught, hire a lawyer, have their property confiscated, are put into prison, and stripped of their right to vote, hold a professional license or bear arms.

Yup, the Drug War is very effective at many things.

Curbing the supply or demand of drugs is not one of them.

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