Is The Drug War On Because We Think Drugs Are Unfair?

[Thorin]

I was looking for Drobo reviews (gee, I wonder why, eh?) and came across this blog post from Joe Mullins (yeah, I don't know who he is): http://joemullins.com/archive/2009/07/14/still-life-with-drobo.php.  Clickety-click, what else does he have, oh hey, an interesting take on why the drug war is still going on!

http://joemullins.com/archive/2010/04/13/drugs-and-mexico-and-monkeys.php

His basic case is that life kinda sucks, drugs let you easily escape the suck, and the rest of us are jealous that you're so easily escaping the suck.

[Mr. Analog]

It goes way deeper than that I think, if you're a big, top heavy government-related industry that used to track ship movements and unauthorized aircraft and you've run out of sneaky Reds to watch for it works in your benefit to shift your business to something else, something just as unending as a decades long stalemate might be...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NORAD#Post-Cold_War

Fighting an unwinnable "war" with public funding is a great way to make money.

Personally I think a lot more time and effort should go into public education rather than "enforcement" and know that it may take decades before reality sinks into the zeitgeist. Look at cigarette smoking, public health awareness campaigns started in the late 50s and now it carries a negative social stigma, partially due to anti-smoking propaganda but mostly due to decades of education.

[raeofsunshine]

this topic reminded me of 80s psa s

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vhgoXZDA7ig

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xayd1c0wtOE&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nl5gBJGnaXs

[Darren Dirt]

this topic reminded me of 80s psa s

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vhgoXZDA7ig

For linking to this, you are bad and you should feel bad.

It took *years* to get that song out of my head. Now it's back. The worst part is some of those kid non-actors who look totally confused/miserable as they sing. o_O (tbh, the "dad" isn't exactly the most expressive actor in the world is he...)

[raeofsunshine]

it could be worse.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5AuLkMBAFZg dont you put it in your mouth!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=agT2GVNQjao&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gYVsPkKD47c&feature=related

and that also lead me to the he man psa

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v5gNSqJyzn8&feature=related

now that one is just wrong.

im not evil youtube is.

[Darren Dirt]

GI Joe PSAs ftmfw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ogEtfIdgjpY

[Mr. Analog]

this topic reminded me of 80s psa s

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vhgoXZDA7ig

For linking to this, you are bad and you should feel bad.

It took *years* to get that song out of my head. Now it's back. The worst part is some of those kid non-actors who look totally confused/miserable as they sing. o_O (tbh, the "dad" isn't exactly the most expressive actor in the world is he...)

OH GOD OH MAN OH GOD!

I died!