Question by ImHigh: Would it be more/less expensive to reduce enforcement of drug laws and provide medical treatment for addicts?
The drug war has been an utter failure, spending TRILLIONS of American dollars and lasting longer than any other war (http://www.drugsense.org/cms/wodclock). One of the alternatives that has been brought up recently is shifting the focus from enforcing drug laws and putting addicts in severely overcrowded prisons, to treating addicts like medical patients. This makes sense because physical addiction is an obstacle that rarely turns out good for the patient. The only question that I really see holding this back is money. Would the benefits of spending less on drug enforcement and imprisonment supersede the cost of providing medical treatment?

Whatever your opinion is, I’d like to know! 🙂

“We’d really love for the president to simply acknowledge that this is a serious issue worth debating and not embarrass himself again by trying to turn the failed drug war – which kills thousands of people a year – into some kind of Cheech and Chong joke,” LEAP spokesman Tom Angell

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Answer by Jim
Less.

Wanting to have less Government should start with removing those laws and agencies that spend the most money and take away the most freedom.

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