Your problem is you have failed to define working. If by working you mean are they acting as a deterrent, then they are working. If you are defining working as the complete eradication of drugs from society then you are creating nothing more than a canard.
-Gary Thane Sherrington said the following on 8/25/2005 2:58 PM: > At 04:44 PM 25/08/2005, Hayes Elkins wrote: > >>> And that's one, not several. Please give me some concrete examples >>> of harsh drug laws having the desired effect over the long term. >> >> >> Saudi Arabia - caught with drugs? Bye bye head. >> >> It's also a GREAT place to live. > > > I think that proves my point. Harsh drug laws just don't work. > Unless you feel that leaving in an oppressive regime with no drugs or > alcohol is working. > > T
