Cocaine Business: No Incentive to End ‘War on Drugs’
It’s no secret the venerable “War on Drugs” is nothing more than another government scam to justify big budgets for the pseudo-military organizations like the DEA and ATF… Just like any self-aggrandizing body, these organizations thrive on the “War”… there is no incentive to end it, which is why much more money continues to be spent on the battle against the drug cartels rather than on treatment and prevention of drug abuse. Come on, folks. WAKE UP!
The criminal justice system would have little to do, and there would be mass unemployment in the legal ranks, if drugs were legalized and/or the focus were switched to addiction treatment. There’s no incentive to end the “War on Drugs.”
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Legal treatment may be worse than drug cartel plague
Filed under: Cocaine Treatment
A US citizen, he was flown to the United States and convicted on conspiracy, drug trafficking and money laundering charges in Houston in 1996; serving multiple life sentences at the Colorado supermax. Alberto Benjamín Arellano Félix, former leader of …
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Five arrests in Friday drug raid in Watertown
Filed under: Cocaine Treatment
Police said crack cocaine, an illegally possessed prescription medication for the treatment of heroin addiction and several pieces of drug paraphernalia were seized during the 9 am raid. An investigator said there were 10 pieces of crack cocaine with a …
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Trying for a new start – Women look to rebuild at Wilmington halfway house
Filed under: Cocaine Treatment
In some cases, addicts have no where else to go because they have burned bridges with friends and family, said District Court Judge James Faison, who oversees DWI and drug treatment courts. “That is so basic a human need – where am I going to sleep? …
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Drug Smuggler Testimony on the Cocaine Business (1988)
February 8, 1988: Watch the full program: thefilmarchived.blogspot.com Several authors believe that the United States’ federal and state governments have chosen the wrong method to combat the distribution of drugs. By financing domestic law enforcement (which includes activities focused on the criminal justice system, such as the courts, police, and prosecution) in favor of treatment (which includes helping users become drug-free through in-patient and out-patient counseling and other services), the government has focused on punishment rather than prevention.
In the year 2000, the United States drug-control budget reached 18.4 billion dollars, nearly half of which was spent financing law enforcement while only one sixth was spent on treatment. In the year 2003, 53 percent of the requested drug control budget was for enforcement, 29 percent for treatment, and 18 percent for prevention. The state of New York, in particular, designated 17 percent of its budget towards substance-abuse-related spending. Of that, a mere one percent was put towards prevention, treatment, and research.
In a survey taken by Substance Abuse and Mental Heath Services Administration (SAMHSA), it was found that substance abusers that remain in treatment longer are less likely to resume their former drug habits. Of the people that were studied, 66 percent were cocaine users. However, after experiencing long-term in-patient treatment, only 22 percent returned to the use of cocaine…
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