----- Original Message ----- From: "Doug Pensinger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Killer Bs Discussion" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, August 18, 2003 10:31 PM Subject: Re: Drugs (was Most Dangerous States)
Jose J. Ortiz-Carlo wrote:
From: Doug Pensinger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Ronn!Blankenship wrote:
The wrongness of our approach to this problem seems so blatantly obvious to me that I have to be suspicious of the real motives behind drug prohibitions.
Doug
According to your theory, which would these be?
JJ
No theory, JJ, just suspicions. Doesn't it strike you as a little bit suspicious, for instance, that a two bit operation like the Taliban can reduce opium exports in Afghanistan, but when the strongest, richest nation in the world takes charge production surges dramatically?
No, it was predicted. There are very effective tactics to stop drug production that the US will not use, for good reason.
Could you elaborate? The disruption we've created in Columbia has torn that nation apart. And for all our efforts, we just create a more lucrative market for cocaine. And if you can coat rural Columbia with Round-Up, why can't you do the same for Afghanistan?
Doug
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