Eleven Countries Studied, One Inescapable Conclusion – The Drug Laws Don’t Work

October 31st, 2014

Oh, drug laws work great if you’re a corporation that turns a profit on locking people up.

Via: Guardian:

The UK government’s comparison of international drug laws, published on Wednesday, represents the first official recognition since the 1971 Misuse of Drugs Act that there is no direct link between being “tough on drugs” and tackling the problem.

The report, which has been signed off by both the Conservative home secretary, Theresa May, and the Liberal Democrat crime prevention minister, Norman Baker, is based on an in-depth study of drug laws in 11 countries ranging from the zero-tolerance of Japan to the legalisation of Uruguay.

2 Responses to “Eleven Countries Studied, One Inescapable Conclusion – The Drug Laws Don’t Work”

  1. prov6yahoo says:

    Yes, drug laws help fund the prison industrial complex, as well as: the law enforcement/justice industry, the CIA black ops industry, the pharmaceutical/medical industry, the keeping people in line (or we’ll plant drugs on you and throw you in a cage forever)industry, and there probably are several more…

  2. Calm says:

    Drug Laws were introduced as a means to monitor young people, in the same way that anti-terrorism laws were introduced as a means to monitor young people as they protest the ongoing economic collapse.

    Every anti-terrorism law will be applied against those “Extremists” who protest the status quo.

    Calm

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