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Originally Posted by Erick Estrada
Dude there is over 300 million people in the US. You can't even possibly comprehend how difficult it is to fix poverty in such a large country. Name a country over 50 million that doesn't have poverty issues? It's impossible even in microscopic countries like Canada to corner poverty.
How well is the War on Drugs doing in Canada? It's just as easy here to get your hands on the stuff if not easier than the US. There are no easy solutions for countries of massive population. There just isn't.
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You didn't really just ask that did you?
The War on Drugs in a US policy not a Canadian one. It's not only an internal US policy but it has far reaching and intrusive consequences globally. It is a failed, misguided, and morally bankrupt policy. If they spent half a tenth of the money on education and rehabilitation as they do on all the other law enforcement, military, and prison components they do for their War on Drugs, they would actually make a dent in the problem and help the people that need it. But like many programs in the States it's become a bloated bureaucratic mess that fuels jobs and programs that law makers don't want to give up and thus don't wish to really fix.
They do really have a problem with Mexico, I'll give them that, but the problem isn't drugs, its how society, especially theirs, responds to it. Drugs have been around since the beginning of time and will always be around. And not everyone who uses has problems with it either. Not to mention two of the most harmful drugs out there are legal anyway.
They need to figure out a healthier way of dealing with complex issues rather than 'declaring war' on all of them.
I'm glad we don't have a war on drugs and I really wish we wouldn't let the States influence so much of our drug policy.