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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices
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To: Brumar89 who wrote (651484)4/14/2012 7:11:41 PM
From: i-node1 Recommendation  Read Replies (1) of 1580603
 
You haven't addressed the contradictions pointed out or explained what it is you want instead of what we want now.

Well, there are contradictions all over the place because like any political topic there is a lot of misinformation. Which contradiction do you want me to address?

I don't remotely think real change is going to happen, but if it did, something similar to the following:

a) I think marijuana, an absolutely harmless drug, should be flat out legalized, but regulated in the way we regulate alcohol;

b) Every person alive who was convicted for marijuana crimes should be pardoned (and released, if in jail) so long as there was no violence involved or coincident property crimes associated with it;

c) All property seized by law enforcement authorities should become by law the property of a trust established for the treatment of drug dependency including substitution therapies which are effective (Suboxone; Methadone);

d) A small portion of the money saved from not prosecuting marijuana crimes should be used to fund a nationwide database which contains every Rx issued for opiates or benzos to eliminate doctor shopping and to allow enforcement action against physicians who are over-prescribing these medications, the source of untold misery and death in this country.

e) Expansion and standardization of Drug Court programs as they have been shown to be effective in some areas. Possession of dangerous drugs would still be illegal but handled by more competent law enforcement authorities. No person should receive a felony conviction for simple possession of any substance, PERIOD.

f) I would not oppose drug maintenance programs for cocaine and opiate addicts with the goal being to transition to substitution therapies where available; Opiate substitution programs can take a nonproductive addict and make them able to work, pay taxes, and eventually get off drugs altogether. These have been effective where they have been tried;

g) Eliminate ALL mandatory minimum sentences for drug crimes as well as the application of three-strikes laws (Louisiana recently gave a man life in prison for possession of marijuana with intent to distribution, 4th offense. Ridiculous.)

h) Expand the number of addiction medicine specialists, who are few and far between.

i) Encourage the development of limited- and non-abusable alternatives to opiates. The revised formulations of some opiates have resulted in a reduction in the most dangerous forms of abuse -- injection and snorting.

I could go on - there are hundreds of things that could be done each of which would marginally reduce the problems created by drug abuse.

The main point is that there is a lot that can be done and we're not doing anything.
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