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What is the purpose of the war on drugs?


What is the purpose of “the war on drugs?”
To assume that the enforcement of the drug laws will eliminate all illegal drug activity is the same as assuming that issuing speeding tickets will stop all drivers from speeding. The war on drugs is a policing activity, as is any other enforcement activity of the laws of this Nation.

In a previous blog , Military Admits: War on Drugs Unwinnable

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Posted in General.
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Last comment by coppermine 1 hour, 52 minutes ago
Footnote


As a side note, I want to ask for your understanding and willingness to overlook my spelling and grammatical errors. It has been MOST difficult trying to use the internet in Tanzania. In fact, it took over two hours to post the last blog. The computers are extremely slow, subject to cutting off and power surges and/failures are not uncommon. It is quite difficult to keep ones’ concentration. I usually resort to typing as fast ...

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Last updated 1 day, 17 hours ago.
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Extreme


Furaha here, posting for possibly the last time. Toney (Neema) and Sarah (Salama) are on their way to Moshi to meet with their guide for a briefing on climbing Mt. Kilimanjaro. Toney will post about the climb when they return. With a teary send off and blessings on their endeavor, they left on their climb-representing the eight of us.

Extreme, in every sense of the word, is the only adjective I have ...

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Last updated 3 days, 7 hours ago.
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Obama's economics


How about a history lesson before discussing economics.

In 1928, 0.1 percent of people earned 47 percent of all income.

One tenth of one percent of the population had half of all income.

Real investment began falling in 1925. I define real investment as spending money on concrete and bricks. Machines and technology. Something that adds jobs.

The only growth in "investments" between ...

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grown ups hitting children


The following message is from the Georgia DOE. Research show minority students and students with disabilities are the most likely to be hit in school by an adult. This type of institutionalized and subtle bias is not measured by the adults or the so called experts to determine if such intervention/punishment actually increases academic achievement. Could the underlying theme to corporal punishment be that the majority is fearful that minorities and disabled children will take ...

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Last updated 4 days, 18 hours ago.
Posted in General.
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