Comments by "LancesArmorStriking" (@LancesArmorStriking) on "Meth Country - An Unstoppable Epidemic" video.

  1. hmm yes, the floor here is made of floor
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  2. The government needs to wise up and learn the eternal lesson: if you can't beat 'em, join 'em. Start selling medical-grade everything, out-compete the drug dealers and drain their profits dry. Open up, at the same time, clinics in problem areas that give people clean needles and a path to wean themselves off whatever drug they've taken. Basically, just copy Portugal.
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  3.  @frankjones43  That hasn't worked before. We tried making weed punishable by mandatory minimums (25 years, up to 55 depending on state law and circumstance) during the Reagan era, up from 2-10 years in 1952 (Boggs Act). Neither cannabis sale, nor use, went down as a result of this. Sorry, but your idea of justice clashes with basic human psychology. Threat of punishment will not "snap them out of it", it won't deter them, and it won't make otherwise "bad" people behave. We're animals with irrational behaviors, let's start legislating with that in mind.
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  4.  @legodfatherfrog3253  Like I mentioned in my other comment on this thread, you can counter the drug lords by draining them dry. For every one you lock up, 5 more will spring up. Only a fool keeps doing the same thing over and over expecting a different result. Governments that fight drugs are just pandering to their socially conservative base to make them feel "big and strong!" and feel like they're tackling drugs head-on! Kill the bad guys, like in the tv shows! That's not how real life works. Make getting off drugs (once you try them) as easy as possible. Open rehab clinics that wean you off anything- no jail time (if you've only affected yourself), just recovery. Most people do drugs (that can ruin your life- weed, alcohol, psychedelics don't qualify, but opium derivatives and synthetics do) because something's wrong in their life. Make access to social services more widespread, and give re-vitalize the economy by investing in blue-collar jobs that even poor people can get into. Essentially, drugs are the symptom of a shitty life, and sometimes no amount of good decision-making will fix that. There needs to be help from the outside. When your life is great, why would you take drugs? To numb yourself... from your amazing life?
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