Hello:

There was a drug bust on the San Diego campus yesterday. It was mostly pot with some coke and some ecstasy thrown in..... It was just your normal bust...

I saw the coverage on CNN headline news (that's all I got these days). What surprised me, was the surprise of the announcer. He was just shocked that this took place. I mean, he was REALLY, REALLY shocked!! He asked whether the correspondent thought this was going on on other campuses in the country....

What???????

He evidently, thinks the drug war is working. He is living in la la land. Do YOU think the drug war is working too??????

excon

tomder55

I don't see it in terms of war . I see a bunch of University of San Diego students who decided to violate the law and sell drugs . They were directly responsible for the death of 2 students who od'ed on their product. This isn't a case of a bunch of students selling themselve a joint or 2 . This was hard drugs that I don't think even you believe should be available for recreational consumption.

excon

Hello again, tom:

You point out the real problem that results when the government classifies pot as equally as dangerous as the real hard drugs. You shouldn't be surprised when people believe it.

Clearly, this was and IS a typical college campus. You can get ANY drug there. It's NOT the pot dealers fault that some guy sells something that is harmful. The POT dealers didn't harm anybody! Not a soul. Even you don't think so.

excon

N0help4u

No it is not working. I live in the midst of druggies and dealers and IF 'n when the police actually decide to do something about the drugs after 'watching' them for 2 years or more they simply get out within a week or two and back to the same old same old. I call the jail the place with the revolving door--they are in and out and in and out.......
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George_1950

It is not working in the case of pot, just like it did not work in the case of prohibition of alcohol, or if there were to be a war against tobacco. People enjoy good food, beverages, smokes, and evidently drugs. So ban the hard stuff and regulate the soft.

inthebox

College drug sting snags justice, security majors, scores of others - CNN.com

FOUR POUNDS of cocaine! A "normal bust." Where do you live EX?

Wow, and I thought kids were going to college to LEARN something.

The article does not state whether these drugs were homegrown or imported

talaniman

Cocaine is not grown in the US, and no the drug war has been lost ever since the Chinese kicked the British out of their country, for trying to control the opium trade. Such public desplays make the enforcement guys look good, like there doing a good job, but the haven't even touched the tip of the iceberg, and the campus in question already has replaced the dealers and the dope. This is a real old story, thats been going on since the 60's on the college campuses, across the nation. What? You thought the only dope heads where uneducated miscreants, in the ghetto?

spitvenom

I live in Philly and a tiny little bust of 4 kilo's of coke wouldn't even be mentioned on the news or in the newspaper. Let me know when they make a somewhat major bust of say a 100 kilo's that happens every other month in Philly. 4 Kilo's is laughable. But my question is where do you live in the box that you think 4 kilo's is a lot?

And no the drug war is not working I say Legalize everything from pot to herion If everything was legal the government would control it (not like they don't now) and there would be a lot less violence in city's like Philly and NY etc...

inthebox

SE USA:

I'm amazed that 4 pounds of cocaine is nothing to you all.

Have you been so desensitized to the societal effects of drugs that you just give up and think " what the heck" legalize everything.

Meth and weed are bigger issues here.

Have you all not seen or know what drugs do to families, children, marriages?

Do you not care?

excon

Hello again:

So, it's about 5 to 2.5 of you who don't think the drug war is working. I can't tell exactly where tom comes down. I think he knows it's not working, but he's cool with it.

So, why are we still doing it? Why isn't anybody talking about it? You DO know that we can't ignore it forever. It's gonna consume us if it hasn't already.

excon