Comments on: What the Drug War Needs is a Debate, Not a Disingenuous Battle Plan http://www.coha.org/what-the-drug-war-needs-is-a-debate-not-a-disingenuous-battle-plan/ COHA is an NGO specialized in monitoring Latin American and Canadian Relations for more than 30 years... Thu, 09 Feb 2012 12:22:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: biren http://www.coha.org/what-the-drug-war-needs-is-a-debate-not-a-disingenuous-battle-plan/comment-page-1/#comment-33093 biren Mon, 21 Sep 2009 21:24:30 +0000 http://www.coha.org/?p=6528#comment-33093 Addiction is a disease which require treatment. Removing the stigma and illegal stamp would throw up more people to seek treatment. Education is the key and the public debate on the subject would be helpful. The government need to target the origin of addiction LACK OF EDUCATION, POVERTY, FRUSTRATION,INSECURITY. We need to invest more in education to overcome this problem. I agree with Charles janssen that there are drugs which have social acceptability like alcohol, and tobacco and accordingly a limited acceptability may be accorded to the drugs till we are in a place to tackle the cause of the problem. A psychologist would be the best person to indicate as to what drives a person to drugs. The government should try to remove these causes. Addiction is a disease which require treatment. Removing the stigma and illegal stamp would throw up more people to seek treatment. Education is the key and the public debate on the subject would be helpful. The government need to target the origin of addiction LACK OF EDUCATION, POVERTY, FRUSTRATION,INSECURITY. We need to invest more in education to overcome this problem. I agree with Charles janssen that there are drugs which have social acceptability like alcohol, and tobacco and accordingly a limited acceptability may be accorded to the drugs till we are in a place to tackle the cause of the problem. A psychologist would be the best person to indicate as to what drives a person to drugs. The government should try to remove these causes.

]]> By: Dev Meyers http://www.coha.org/what-the-drug-war-needs-is-a-debate-not-a-disingenuous-battle-plan/comment-page-1/#comment-33092 Dev Meyers Mon, 21 Sep 2009 21:13:35 +0000 http://www.coha.org/?p=6528#comment-33092 I was so moved by this article that I posted an article of my own on Examiner.com. I hope it is OK. Here is the link <a href="http://www.examiner.com/x-19678-Cannabis-Revolution-Examiner~y2009m9d21-Commonlaw-must-hold-that-adults-are-the-legal-owners-of-their-own-bodies" target="_blank">http://www.examiner.com/x-19678-Cannabis-Revoluti...</a> I was so moved by this article that I posted an article of my own on Examiner.com. I hope it is OK. Here is the link

http://www.examiner.com/x-19678-Cannabis-Revoluti…

]]> By: Dev Meyers http://www.coha.org/what-the-drug-war-needs-is-a-debate-not-a-disingenuous-battle-plan/comment-page-1/#comment-33089 Dev Meyers Mon, 21 Sep 2009 20:23:36 +0000 http://www.coha.org/?p=6528#comment-33089 I cannot believe that it is not on the G-20 agenda in Pittsburgh. What percent of the world-wide economy does this account for? I cannot believe that it is not on the G-20 agenda in Pittsburgh. What percent of the world-wide economy does this account for?

]]> By: charles janssen http://www.coha.org/what-the-drug-war-needs-is-a-debate-not-a-disingenuous-battle-plan/comment-page-1/#comment-33035 charles janssen Sun, 20 Sep 2009 14:26:13 +0000 http://www.coha.org/?p=6528#comment-33035 Adequate management of drugs requires a worldwide permanent dialoque. There is no permanent solution. And any balancing point will be dynamic. It is like pushing on water. A string of treaties would be the best framework but is difficult to achieve. Second best is each country working towards a solution model of the same structure. The good news is that such model can be built to handle any type of drug. At least some LA countries seem to be convinced now that one should not penalize drug consumers. This appears to be close to the Dutch "coffeeshop" model for drugs. By the way, the Dutch are top drugproducers, close to Colombia and Afghanistan. Further, one should not forget alcohol and tobacco. These produce heavier damage than the drugs we talk about here. But they are "accepted" to a certain degree. This shows the way to better management. Demand can only be reduced by information and education. Treatment of health damage can be financed by excise-duties. <em>Read the full comment <a href="http://cohaforum.blogspot.com/2009/09/response-to-what-drug-war-needs-is_5726.html" rel="nofollow">here</a></em> Adequate management of drugs requires a worldwide permanent dialoque. There is no permanent solution. And any balancing point will be dynamic. It is like pushing on water.
A string of treaties would be the best framework but is difficult to achieve. Second best is each country working towards a solution model of the same structure. The good news is that such model can be built to handle any type of drug.
At least some LA countries seem to be convinced now that one should not penalize drug consumers. This appears to be close to the Dutch “coffeeshop” model for drugs. By the way, the Dutch are top drugproducers, close to Colombia and Afghanistan. Further, one should not forget alcohol and tobacco. These produce heavier damage than the drugs we talk about here. But they are “accepted” to a certain degree. This shows the way to better management. Demand can only be reduced by information and education. Treatment of health damage can be financed by excise-duties.

Read the full comment here

]]> By: Todd http://www.coha.org/what-the-drug-war-needs-is-a-debate-not-a-disingenuous-battle-plan/comment-page-1/#comment-33032 Todd Sun, 20 Sep 2009 09:43:56 +0000 http://www.coha.org/?p=6528#comment-33032 Marijuana Legalization does not require ANY more debate. Polls are showing time and time again that the majority of Americans support legalizing pot. What we need is the Ability to prosecute out Representatives for KNOWINGLY disobeying the will of the people. A law like this would be Good to preserve OUR democracy from lobbyists and crooked politicians. Marijuana Legalization does not require ANY more debate. Polls are showing time and time again that the majority of Americans support legalizing pot. What we need is the Ability to prosecute out Representatives for KNOWINGLY disobeying the will of the people. A law like this would be Good to preserve OUR democracy from lobbyists and crooked politicians.

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