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3. The stupid "war on drugs" never worked, does not

Reply to ihaveaquestion (Original post)

Fri Dec 5, 2025, 02:35 PM

6 hrs ago

work, and will never "work" in a thousand years and beyond.

The solution is to "prevent" the use of drugs by helping the people taking them, by controlling the quality of the drugs themselves to make sure there is no poisons in them, and to provide professional assistance when it's needed.

The way the lawmakers actually deal with it is wrong, has always been wrong, and it will never be "won" but it sure is a total waste of taxpayers money spent on a unwinnable war (and all the corruption and the crimes against humanity related to their failed coercion policies).

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