GMCGeneral
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Especially concerning safety sensitive jobs like bus and truck driving! This is why the DOT manuals are roughly two inches thick!Drugs not harmful to others?Drugs not harmful? BWAHAHAHA!!!!! Tell that to the scores of ER physicians and nurses who have to deal with that shit every day!!!! and BTW, where were you when prohibition was going on? Or how about the organized crime families that existed well before the War on Drugs?Sure it is. that and force cops to live in the warzones with their families' lives in danger from the gangbangers.So lessee. Only college grad peaheads and no ex military? oh sure. That'll work well with a bunch of hoodrats.Disagreed with the premise. Police should not be disarmed. There needs to be many steps taken to improve the quality of law enforcement as well as their relationship to their communities. The country is in a vicious cycle that continues unabated. It goes something like this:
The wrong people become cops. Too many people hate law enforcement. Too many bad cops treat certain communities with the same scorn they receive because of their uniform. Politicians have no hesitation using bad tactics as a political prop. Less qualified people want to become police officers continuing this vicious cycle.
Disarming police officers does not resolve the underlying issues.
That is not my solution at all.
Gangbangers are created by the police, with their illegal War on Drugs.
Police only have authority to defend the rights of others, and since drugs do not harm others, the police have no authority to enforce drug laws.
The harm comes from the high price, loads of cash, and turf wars created by the police.
I did not say drugs were not harmful, but that they were not harmful to others.
Its like trying to make suicide or stupidity illegal. That is not legal.
Anyway, making drugs illegal increases the problem instead of reducing it.
They are a medical problem and making it illegal just prevents medical solutions.
And yes, prohibition was also inherently illegal.
People have a right to consume alcohol if they want.
Crime families exist mostly because of government corruption.
When government does bad things, people will always support crime as a reaction.
Both alcohol and drugs have caused traffic deaths, hence DUI laws.
Individuals on PCP have become highly aggressive and killed others.