Law Enforcement is too 'Addicted' to Drug Revenue to ever give up the fight

[Reason]

YouTube - Law Enforcement 'Addicted' to Drug Revenue - Norm Stamper (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ckjM0hZ91eY)

[Kotin]

as are the prisons, and the judges, and the politicians, and Wall Street..



the list is endless.

[Reason]

Norm Stamper, former chief of the Seattle Police Department, argues that law enforcement, and the private industries associated with it, make too much revenue from the prosecution of drug laws to support reform. "I think making profit off the criminal justice system, which deals fundamentally with social justice, is immoral," says Stamper.

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Although the media sporadically reports on major narcotic raids, the general consensus about the war on drugs is that small battles will not win this war. Despite all the money spent on drug enforcement worldwide, illicit drugs are still relatively cheap and widely available. Increasingly drugs are being viewed as a social problem rather than strictly a legal one.

So is it time to rethink traditional approaches to the illegal drug industry? Countries like Portugal and Argentina are forging ahead with drug reforms, but will Australia follow suit?

In this panel from the provocative Festival of Dangerous Ideas the argument is put forward that decriminalization and regulation would be the best solution to addressing the problems associated with drugs. - Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Norm Stamper is the former Chief of the Seattle Police Department. He is an advisory board member for Law Enforcement Against Prohibition and is the author of Breaking Rank: A Top Cop's Expose of the Dark Side of American Policing.

[Reason]

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[Naraku]

Isn't it interesting how there is research going into the use of cannabinoids? They have shown considerable promise. Just like morphine, derived from opium, it is likely chemicals that come from cannabis will be widely used in the medical industry. Of course, this only can happen because the drugs are illegal. If they were legal the pharmaceuticals would have to compete with individual growers and they don't like that.

[Bruno]

they are also addicted to the property they conviscate from drug users and dealers

[TCE]

So, by ending all funding for the drug war and instead funneling all of that money to local police stations, the officers would lose money?

[Reason]

So, by ending all funding for the drug war and instead funneling all of that money to local police stations, the officers would lose money?

Can you rephrase that?

& Here is a summary;

"Norm Stamper, former chief of the Seattle Police Department, argues that law enforcement, and the private industries associated with it, make too much revenue from the prosecution of drug laws to support reform."