November 23, 200619 yr boortz.com Atlanta Police went to a home on Neal Street in Atlanta last evening to execute a search warrant. When they kicked the door in the only occupant of the home, a 92-year-old woman, started shooting. She hit all three police officers. One in the thigh, one in the arm and another in the shoulder. All police officers will be OK. The woman will not. She was shot and killed by the police. I'm not blaming the cops here. Not at all. They had a valid search warrant, and they say they were at the right address. Shots were fired, three cops hit, and they returned fire. A 91-year-old woman who was so afraid of crime in her neighborhood that she had burglar bars on every door and window, is now dead. The blame lies on this idiotic drug war we're waging. We have all the studies we need, all of the comprehensive data is in. We can do a much more effective job of reducing drug use in this country if we'll just take a portion of this money we spend for law enforcement and spend it on treatment programs. A Rand study showed that we can reduce illicit drug usage in this country a specified amount through treatment programs at about 10% of the cost of reducing drug usage by that same amount through criminalization and law enforcement. There's just something in the American psyche that demands that drug users be punished instead of treated and rehabilitated. We think they're stupid and ignorant for getting mixed up with those drugs in the first place. And you know what? We're right. But look at the messages we send to our children every single day with cigarettes, alcohol, and an endless stream of drug ads on television and in magazines. Drug culture? You bet we have a drug culture! "Ask your doctor about Noassitol!"
November 23, 200619 yr The war on drugs is stupid. Its filling up our prisons, costing too much money and not helping. I believe everyone should have a right to their body, if they wanna use or buy drugs they should be allowed too. Its not the governments job to stop us. Hell they could make it legal and it would help the economy and get taxes on it.
November 23, 200619 yr Do you mean the "war" between the "Warriors" and the "Terminators"??:rolleyes:
November 23, 200619 yr Dude add something to the debates or shut the fuck up That was a perfectly reasonable question........................... :rolleyes:
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