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Old 24-05-07, 04:51 PM   #1
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Default Empty The Prisons Of Drug Offenders

I was thinking about thinking when I thought, man this country spends a lot on drug crimes, millions or quite possibly billions of dollars trying to enforce archaic drug laws. History has proven prohibition doesn't work. Yet the government continues to pour money into a failed system. The cost is not just in enforcing the laws but also in a penal system that has become home for those that break the drug laws. Many feel drugs should be legalized, others feel that would be detrimental to America. I have a solution to the problem. Instead of locking drug offenders up for years in prison at an astronomical cost to the taxpayers, exile them to an island to fend for themselves. I suggest Staten Island, New York. All "drug challenged" people, that's the politically correct term for a drug abuser, would be ordered to live in Staten Island. They are not locked up but free to make a living any way they can. They take their possessions and practice whatever trade they have. Legalize all drugs in Staten Island. The offenders will enjoy living in a drug community. Since drugs will be legal in Staten Island, many people will move there, leaving the rest of the country practically drug free. Not having to pay for the imprisonment of drug offenders will save the country millions of dollars. This would be a real bonus for the current residents of Staten Island. They would reap the benefits of increased property value. All the "drug challenged" people will need a place to live. It would be a real boon for the local economy. With all the pot smoking going on the fast food restaurants will be working around the clock. Staten Island would become a hot tourist destination. Instead of people vacationing in Amsterdam they could enjoy themselves in beautiful Staten Island, New York. The big benefit for the government would be taxing the drugs. Finally the government and society would make money off of the same people that have been costing taxpayers money. Everybody wins. The smell of marijuana would be like an air freshener covering the stench of the garbage dumps. America empties it's jails and Staten Island would have the potpourri aroma of success.
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Old 24-05-07, 05:26 PM   #2
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Is that so stupid?


Our gov is run by dumb shits voted in by the same.
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Old 24-05-07, 05:31 PM   #3
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Our creap cops are just looking for a pay check as the rest of our shithole govmnt.

U decide.........................
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Old 24-05-07, 05:34 PM   #4
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Wait until they pass a law that you get screwed by.


I think pets should be taxed big time.
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Old 24-05-07, 06:30 PM   #5
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Why?
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Old 24-05-07, 10:40 PM   #6
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The drug cartels would never go for it. Suburban America is their bread and butter, the inner cities are just the hubs of their distribution networks. You could try to concentrate all the drug users and abusers in one place, but dealers will still continue to sell where the margins are high. In the end taxation would just reduce the drug traffic to Staten Island to a crawl, but everywhere else traffic would pretty much stay the same.

Prohibition may not reduce drug use (as far as anybody knows), but legalization would do no better.
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Old 25-05-07, 08:47 AM   #7
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Soundds like 'Escape from New York'
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Old 25-05-07, 12:34 PM   #8
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Soundds like 'Escape from New York'
exactly what i was thinking...
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Old 25-05-07, 01:57 PM   #9
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Are you going to find another island for the alcoholics or use the same one?


Then there's the prostitutes...


Amuse yourself thinking up politically correct labels for everyone.


It's the nature of government bureaucracies to perpetuate their existance by finding ever more missions to fulfill and never succeeding so well that they can be disposed of. They've turned drug use from a small problem into a big dangerous problem so they can expand and demand more and more money and power.


But as long as stupid people won't let their fellow citizens do as they please within the dictates of civil society, we'll just have to endure the problems that are created.
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Old 25-05-07, 02:30 PM   #10
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Good post, Albed.
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Old 25-05-07, 07:58 PM   #11
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Why?
Because they consume food that humans could eat.

Either we restrict babys or pets.

What is your choice? kill pets or humans?
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Old 28-05-07, 05:39 AM   #12
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I hate it when he says things I agree with.
What is the world coming too.
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Old 28-05-07, 05:51 PM   #13
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I hate it when he says things I agree with.
What is the world coming too.
Glad to see that travel is 'broad'ing your mind




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Old 29-05-07, 09:44 AM   #14
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So nic and malva eat pet food.


Somehow I am not suprised.
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Old 29-05-07, 07:00 PM   #15
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So nic and malva eat pet food.


Somehow I am not suprised.

What?

I saw a bumper sticker today that I thought you should follow...........

Life's to short
Don't be a dick


Hahhhhhhhhhahahaahahahahahhaaa
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Old 30-05-07, 07:55 AM   #16
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So nic and malva eat pet food.


Somehow I am not suprised.
And there's me saying nice things about you.
It was you I was agreeing with.
You just can't help yourself can you?
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Old 31-05-07, 12:06 AM   #17
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That's too funny!
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Old 31-05-07, 01:38 PM   #18
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And there's me saying nice things about you.
It was you I was agreeing with.
You just can't help yourself can you?
I'll respond to that:

No, he, it, whatever (albed) can't because he is just a egotistical, pig-headed, ass sniffing caricature of a human being. Just don't EVER agree with him on ANYTHING.

Life is more pleasant that way!
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Old 31-05-07, 02:27 PM   #19
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